Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nurkazgan Cu-Au Deposit (Samarskoye), Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 410
Youngest recorded age at locality: 410

mindat Locality ID: 205984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nurkazgan Cu-Au Deposit (Samarskoye), Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°1'36"N
Longitude: 76°43'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.026666666667,76.726944444444

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.

Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	410	410	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	410	410	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	410	410	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	410	410	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	410	410	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	410	410	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	410	410	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	410	410	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	410	410	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	410	410	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	410	410	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	410	410	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	410	410	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	410	410	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00329	410	410	410									Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205984	Nurkazgan Cu-Au Deposit (Samarskoye), Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Nurkazgan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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