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Locality Name:
Karakol Ore District, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 448
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 203620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karakol Ore District, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Andash Deposit
Chonur Deposit
Karakol Deposit
Taldy-Bulak Cu-Au Deposit (Levoberezhnyy)

Latitude: 42°36'0"N
Longitude: 74°18'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.6,74.308055555556

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelTopaz

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Topaz  (*)
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)21779543419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)448400277954,779578803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4484001779579052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)44840017795711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17795427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2448400377954,77955,7795727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)448400277954,779578173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24484001779579617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS448400277955,7795724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu448400277955,7795730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317795414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4448400277954,779575591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417795414899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1779544924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24484001779575800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O4484001779571508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2448400277954,7795717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2448400377954,77955,7795739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2448400377954,77955,7795761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS44840017795721482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F24484001779571476



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
PorphCu-00105448400440±8 – 400      Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, PyriteCu47606Taldy-Bulak Cu-Au Deposit (Levoberezhnyy), Karakol Ore District, Talas Region, KyrgyzstanTaldy-BulakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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