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Locality Name:
Akmola Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 20203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Akkol
Arshaly
Astrakhan
Atbasar
Bes-Tyube Au Deposit
Bulandy
Burabaiskii Massif
Burabay
Egindikol
Enbekshilder
Ereymentau
Esil
Kokshetau
Korgalzhyn
Kulet-Kol Area
Novodneprovskoe Deposit
Raigorodok Deposit
Sandyktau
Semizbay U Deposit
Shortandy
Shuak Project
Stepnogorsk
Tselinograd
Zerendy
Zhaksy
Zhana-Tyube Au Deposit
Zharkain

Latitude: 52°14'11"N
Longitude: 70°18'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.236388888889,70.303888888889

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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te Th Ti Tl U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAuricuprideAutuniteBerthierite
BournoniteBranneriteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDiamondDigeniteDmisteinbergiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHumiteIlvaiteIronKaoliniteKhatyrkiteKobellite
LöllingiteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNolanite
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePavonitePentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllite
PyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StauroliteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteWollastoniteWurtziteZinkenite
Zircon

159 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Akdalaite  (*)Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)
Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anyuiite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aschamalmite  (*)Augite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bilibinskite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bogdanovite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Cadmium  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chekhovichite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coesite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprostibite  (*)Diamond  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kokchetavite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Kumdykolite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Lead  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majorite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maruyamaite  (*)Matildite  (*)Mattagamite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monimolite  (*)
Montbrayite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Ningyoite  (*)Novodneprite  (*)
Nuffieldite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Plumbotellurite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roshchinite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saddlebackite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smirnite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Ustarasite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Vikingite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wittite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zhanghengite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21771223419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3177086315
Akdalaite  (*)NolaniteAl10O14(OH)21770846
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5634451077060,77073,77079,77080,77086,77107,77108,77109,77118,771228803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS17708656
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe177124489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21771042162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51771221310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31771191534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)4454451770601588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2277072,771043092
Anyuiite  (*)KhatyrkiteAuPb217708510
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1160360277116,771223250
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteAg6(Cu4Zn2)As4S1317710414
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS577082,77085,77086,77104,771249052
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS917708616
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61771262060
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au17708524
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb237235917706473
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1770921272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24454451770605509
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1217708645
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4177104343
Bilibinskite  (*)NonePbAu3Cu2Te2377098,77099,7712412
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi445445377060,77082,770861966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3377075,77082,770861935
Bogdanovite  (*)Auricupride(Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)17709811
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4445445377060,77086,771045516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31771041089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6377070,77080,77106248
Cadmium  (*)NoneCd1770666
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11603601077082,77086,77096,77104,77108,77110,77116,77117,77122,7712427770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O177119232
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S2317708641
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1770854979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4454451770605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21160359977060,77064,77075,77082,77086,77104,77108,77116,7712427198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2177104162
Chekhovichite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+4O11277105,771245
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl177086203
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81771221756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2177122236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11603601771161025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS177075966
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO21160360377116,77117,7712277
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O877073,77079,77080,77081,77096,77107,77108,77109566
Copper  (*)CopperCu1770863846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5177086344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4454451770604165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21160360177116453
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3277082,77104802
Cuprostibite  (*)NoneCu2(Sb,Tl)37235917706415
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1160360377116,77117,77122697
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S4454451770601027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61160360277117,771224135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21160360477086,77116,77117,771229895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6177126944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)277082,770868173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2177126271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F677071,77072,77073,77080,77086,771062740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2563500277082,771189617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1771221188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12372359177064663
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe217712440
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1517710455
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4177084445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS445445777060,77082,77085,77086,77104,77108,7711024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4177086192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S917707567
Gold  (*)CopperAu445359877060,77064,77082,77085,77086,77104,77110,7712430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1160360477086,77104,77116,771222812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311603601771171544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4454451770606890
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S917708643
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3177086104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3445445377060,77070,7710814640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4177084407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te177086804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31771265433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)177075197
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4177085172
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14372359277064,77104784
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2477090,77093,77094,77095102
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S17711086
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4277104,771135591
Kokchetavite  (*)DmisteinbergiteK(AlSi3O8)1160360277116,771224
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8277098,77124111
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S617707580
Kumdykolite  (*)NoneNa(AlSi3O8)1771225
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41160360377084,77116,771221507
Lead  (*)CopperPb177085192
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21160360277082,77116762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1771221487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4445445477060,77086,77122,7712614899
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)317712224
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)244544517706012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2445445377060,77073,770825674
Maruyamaite  (*)TourmalineK(MgAl2)(Al5Mg)(BO3)3(Si6O18)(OH)3O11603601771171
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2177086252
Mattagamite  (*)MarcasiteCoTe21771247
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2177124207
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2177104300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1770851107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24454451177060,77075,77081,77082,77086,77090,77093,77094,77095,77108,771095800
Monimolite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71771105
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)3817712419
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211603601477060,77079,77082,77086,77090,77092,77093,77094,77095,77104,77116,77118,77119,7712217380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)563500277118,77119884
Ningyoite  (*)Rhabdophane(U,Ca,Ce)2(PO4)2·1-2H2O17707333
Novodneprite  (*)KhatyrkiteAuPb31770854
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S717707532
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)563500277118,771262349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS177104767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811603601771161512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2177124409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21160360277116,771222273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)177086260
Plumbotellurite  (*)NonePb(Te4+O3)1771243
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21770821898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211603591577060,77064,77075,77079,77082,77086,77092,77093,77094,77095,77096,77104,77108,77116,7712439462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3177122341
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2177104771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81160360677082,77086,77104,77116,77117,771249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211603591777064,77079,77082,77084,77086,77090,77092,77093,77094,77095,77104,77105,77110,77116,77117,77122,7712461156
Roshchinite  (*)Lillianite(Ag,Cu)19Pb10Sb51S961771042
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2477084,77086,77104,771225614
Saddlebackite  (*)TetradymitePb2Bi2Te2S31770863
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)377075,77082,771104894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1770866417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4177075249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51771221516
Silver  (*)CopperAg4454451770605186
Smirnite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+O51771057
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl563500177118444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1160360777060,77075,77082,77086,77104,77108,7711621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41160360277116,771221934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)177084978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3372359477064,77082,77104,771103418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4277098,77124337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3277105,77124276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13445445577060,77082,77086,77098,771041803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S477075,77082,77086,77105510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13477082,77086,77098,771045317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1770861006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1160360577086,77116,77117,77122,771264899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1770921059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21160360277116,771222562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1771241044
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21577071,77072,77073,77079,77080,77081,77090,77091,77093,77094,77095,77096,77107,77108,771092718
Ustarasite  (*)NonePb(Bi,Sb)6S101770759
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1160360377116,77118,77119652
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S3017708627
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3277075,77086297
Wittite  (*)NonePb8Bi10(S,Se)2317707515
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31770751247
Zhanghengite  (*)IronCuZn1770866
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42177104228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11601152677072,77084,77106,77108,77116,771225251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1160360377086,77117,771221025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00001023The Kokchetav median massif formed during the Caledonian orogeny. Its basement is composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks and weakly metamorphosed volcanoclastic deposits of the Cambrian-Ordovician age cut by multi-phase complexes of granitoids formed during the Silurian-Devonian orogenic period. Isolated basins in the basement are filled with orogenic volcano-sedimentary rocks and post-Devonian (Carboniferous-Jurassic) platform sediments. The basement of this massif is cut into individual blocks by a series of long-lived deep-seated faults of various orientations. The main uranium deposits of the region are located at nodes of intersection of these faults, for the most part, near the periphery of uplifted blocks of Precambrian metamorphic rocks cut by granite inclusions.
Jen_0000900MAGMATIC STYLE: Schlieren, veins and patches. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Biotite pyroxenite, olivinite, biotite peridotite, nepheline syenite, malignite, sviatonossite, zeolite and sodalite syenites and syenite.
Jen_0000901MAGMATIC STYLE: Schlieren, veins and patches. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Biotite pyroxenite, olivinite, biotite peridotite, nepheline syenite, malignite, sviatonossite, zeolite and sodalite syenites and syenite.
Michelle_296Kokchetav Massif on the NE shore of Lake Chelkar near Chaikino Settlement


6 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
PorphCu-00598445445445      Albite, Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, SphaleriteCu208336Kyzyltu Cu-Mo Deposit, Akkol, Akmola Region, KazakhstanKyzyltuSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
sedznpb-00288372359Late Devonian |(late Famennian)        186859Bes-Tyube Au Deposit, Akmola Region, KazakhstanBestyubeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Giersdorf_00001023370360370-360        251336Kokchetav Massif, Zerendy, Akmola Region, KazakhstanKokchetav Ore RegionLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Deposits are formed from granitic intrusions into the Kokchetav massif. The uranium deposits (Grachevsk, Manybaysk, Zaozernoe, Tastykol'sk, etc.) formed at 360-370 Ma and are primarily localized in highly faulted Vendian and Cambrian-Ordovician rocks
Michelle_296116011521156±4U-PbCrystallization period of meltszirconZ9032  Zircon  251336Kokchetav Massif, Zerendy, Akmola Region, KazakhstanKokchetav MassifTret’yakov et al. (2011)10.1134/S1028334X11100072DES440_1367Age of the crystallization of melts, parental of the gneissic granite protolith
Jen_0000900531531531K-Ar       18541Krasnomaiskii Intrusion, Zerendy, Akmola Region, KazakhstanKrasnomaiskiiWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000901563500563-500K-Ar       18541Krasnomaiskii Intrusion, Zerendy, Akmola Region, KazakhstanKrasnomaiskiiWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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