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Locality Name:
Aksu (Aqsu), Stepnogorsk, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 20436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aksu (Aqsu), Stepnogorsk, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kvartsitovje Gorki Au Deposit (Quartzite Hills)
Northern Aksu Deposit

Latitude: 52°28'0"N
Longitude: 72°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.466666666667,72
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCubaniteKaolinite
LillianiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtziteZinkenite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chekhovichite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Roshchinite  (*)Rutile  (*)Smirnite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21771042162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21771043092
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteAg6(Cu4Zn2)As4S1317710414
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1771049052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4177104343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41771045516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31771041089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17710427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217710427198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2177104162
Chekhovichite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+4O111771055
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3177104802
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1517710455
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17710424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17710430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1771042812
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14177104784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41771045591
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2177104300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217710417380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS177104767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217710439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2177104771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81771049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2277104,7710561156
Roshchinite  (*)Lillianite(Ag,Cu)19Pb10Sb51S961771042
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21771045614
Smirnite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+O51771057
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17710421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31771043418
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3177105276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131771041803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S177105510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131771045317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42177104228


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