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Locality Name:
Baiskoye Mine (Baiskoe Mine), Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 205982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baiskoye Mine (Baiskoe Mine), Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°9'33"N
Longitude: 75°36'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.159166666667,75.600833333333
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 C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCubaniteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS31829909052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)231829905509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS431829905516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S31829905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2318299027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O31829903531
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33182990802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O31829902970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS318299024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu318299030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3318299014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4318299014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2318299012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS231829905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2318299017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2318299039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S831829909056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS318299021482


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-00328318299Middle-Late Carboniferous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu205982Baiskoye Mine (Baiskoe Mine), Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanBaiskoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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