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Locality Name:
Kurama Mts, Sughd, Tajikistan


mindat Locality ID: 204686
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204686.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kurama Mts, Sughd, Tajikistan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kandjol Ore Field

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11156082793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11156088803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)111560869
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211156083092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111560811547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11156081966
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311156081089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3115606,115608,11560927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111560827198
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)1115608180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11156088173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121115608663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111560824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu111560830554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111560817380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se1115608192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1115608633
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311156081425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111560839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22115606,11560861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11156085186
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41115608586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311156085317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211156092718



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