Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Qalba Range (Kalba Range), Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 297.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 280

mindat Locality ID: 20535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qalba Range (Kalba Range), Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°25'0"N
Longitude: 82°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.416666666667,82.5

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Corundum	Iron	None	Spinel

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 Ca F Fe H Na O P Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca F Fe H Na O P Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Iron None Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Karibibite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Morinite ()*
Schneiderhöhnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	297.3	280	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	297.3	280	1089
Karibibite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(As³⁺O₂)₄(As³⁺₂O₅)(OH)	297.3	280	19
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	297.3	280	14899
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O	297.3	280	22
Schneiderhöhnite ()*	None	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₃As³⁺₅O₁₃	297.3	280	15

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Alexandra-0148	295	280	295-280	Ar-Ar	Age of intrusion			20535	Qalba Range (Kalba Range), Kazakhstan	Kalba Range	Murzintsev et al. (2016)	3CAU_131
Alexandra-0149	297.3	294.7	296±1.3	U-Pb	Age of rock	zircon	Zircon	20535	Qalba Range (Kalba Range), Kazakhstan	Kalba Range	Murzintsev et al. (2016)	3CAU_131
Alexandra-0150	293.9	290.1	292±1.9	U-Pb	Age of rock	zircon	Zircon	20535	Qalba Range (Kalba Range), Kazakhstan	Kalba Range	Murzintsev et al. (2016)	3CAU_131

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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