Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Sughd, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 259.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251.9

mindat Locality ID: 20025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Sughd, Tajikistan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dzherkamar Uranium Deposit
East Karamazar Ore District
Karakat U Deposit
Tary-Ekan

Latitude: 40°29'3"N
Longitude: 69°40'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.484166666667,69.681666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Autunite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Matlockite	Meneghinite
Natroautunite	None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Aikinite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berryite ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chernikovite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Dumontite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Matildite ()*
Przhevalskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Ba Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Lillianite Matlockite Meneghinite
Natroautunite None Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	259.1	251.9	1	115570	315
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	259.1	251.9	2	115567,115575	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	259.1	251.9	1	115574	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	259.1	251.9	2	115570,115573	50
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	259.1	251.9	1	115576	71
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	259.1	251.9	1	115570	27198
Chernikovite ()*	Natroautunite	(H₃O)(UO₂)(PO₄)·3H₂O	259.1	251.9	1	115575	21
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	259.1	251.9	1	115567	82
Dumontite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·5H₂O	259.1	251.9	1	115567	20
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	259.1	251.9	1	115568	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	259.1	251.9	2	115570,115574	24243
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	259.1	251.9	1	115570	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	259.1	251.9	1	115570	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	259.1	251.9	1	115567	5591
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	259.1	251.9	1	115570	252
Przhevalskite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	259.1	251.9	1	115567	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	259.1	251.9	1	115570	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	259.1	251.9	2	115570,115574	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	259.1	251.9	1	115574	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	259.1	251.9	2	115567,115575	1059
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	259.1	251.9	1	115567	890
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	259.1	251.9	1	115567	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00001024	Location is host to part of a series of stockwork-vein type deposits found in the former Soviet Union, found in the massifs of Tien-Shan and Transbaykalia of the Ural-Mongolian fold belt and in the Burein massif of the Pacific belt.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00001024	259.1	251.9	Late Permian		Deposits formation is thought to coincide with the final stages of volcanic processes in the late Permian.								U	14759	Dzherkamar Uranium Deposit, Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Sughd, Tajikistan	Karamazar Ore Region	Laverov et al. (1992)	10.1080/00206819209465621	IGR34_549	Ages are associated with volcanic processes found in the area.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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