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Locality Name:
Gissar Range, Sughd, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 20024
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20024.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gissar Range, Sughd, Tajikistan": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Gur Dara (Gurdara)
Janglrud Deposit
Jijikrut (Dzhidzhikrut)
Kara-Kamar Deposit
Kaznok/Mushiston Deposit
Maykhura Mine (Maikhura Mine)
Mogov Deposit
Odzhuk Pegmatite
Takob Deposit
Tuvish Basaltoid Pipe
Ziddi Deposit

Latitude: 39°9'59"N
Longitude: 68°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.166388888889,68.5
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAndalusiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetLangbeiniteMica
NickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTitaniteTopazVesuvianiteWurtziteZinkenite
Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Langbeinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Microcline  (*)Moissanite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Scheelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12012011155898803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512012011155891310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312012011155891534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212012011155893092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12012011155891036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12012011155899052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612012011155892060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)120120111558611547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71201201115587450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12012011155891966
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312012011155871089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120120111558927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212012011155895171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21201202115587,11558927198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1201202115586,1155872600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12012011155898173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1201201115591371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21201203115589,115590,1155929617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12012011155891188
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)21201201115590163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1201204115589,115590,115592,11559424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu120120111558930554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61201201115589741
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19120120111558738
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312012011155895433
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)3120120111558643
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41201202115589,11559114899
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1201201115586255
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1201202115589,1155914924
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC120120111559357
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120120111558917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12012011155892349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21201202115589,1155932273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21201202115587,11558939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81201202115589,1155949056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21201204115586,115587,115589,11559161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212012011155895614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1201201115586105
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12012011155894894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31201201115586179
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1201204115587,115589,115590,11559221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412012011155891934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41201201115589668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31201204115584,115586,115587,1155943418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12012011155862045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12012011155894899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212012011155891476
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O120120111558681
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012012011155891395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41201202115590,1155921655
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421201202115584,115594228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12012011155895251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00632120120L. Cretaceous       Cu20024Gissar Range, Sughd, TajikistanGissar RangeCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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