Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 303
Youngest recorded age at locality: 279

mindat Locality ID: 203466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bakennoe Ta Deposit
Ungursai Ta Deposit

Latitude: 49°32'16"N
Longitude: 83°0'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.537777777778,83.006388888889

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb Si Sn Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteColumbiteFeldsparGadoliniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRoscheriteRutile

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alumotantite  (*)Calciotantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Greifensteinite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Irtyshite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Lithiotantite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Rankamaite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Thoreaulite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1772448803
Alumotantite  (*)Not in a structural groupAlTaO43032791772455
Calciotantite  (*)NoneCaTa4O113032791772456
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23032791772455171
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1772442740
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O30327917724527
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)303279177245119
Irtyshite  (*)NoneNa2Ta4O113032791772452
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2303279177245148
Lithiotantite  (*)ColumbiteLiTa3O83032791772454
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1772442349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2303279277244,7724561156
Rankamaite  (*)None(Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)313032791772455
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6177244688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6303279177245211
Thoreaulite  (*)NoneSn2+Ta2O63032791772459



3 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
Alexandra-0127303297300 ± 3U–PbAge of intrusionzirconХ1056  Zircon  20534Ungursai Ta Deposit, Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanUngursaiKotler et al. (2015)10.1134/S1028334X15060136DES462_565 
Alexandra-0128299291295 ± 4Ar-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite, lepidolite     20534Ungursai Ta Deposit, Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanUngursaiKotler et al. (2015)10.1134/S1028334X15060136DES462_565 
Alexandra-0129283279281 ± 2Ar-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite, lepidolite     20534Ungursai Ta Deposit, Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanUngursaiKotler et al. (2015)10.1134/S1028334X15060136DES462_565 


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