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Locality Name:
Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 309
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 206169
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206169.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°46'36"N
Longitude: 69°46'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.776666666667,69.779166666667

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 Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)30927001588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)309270011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2309270027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS309270024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3309270014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4309270014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS230927005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2309270017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2309270039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS309270021482



3 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
Alexandra-0337309303306 ± 3 Age of granodiorite-porphyry 415001   Au206169Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanSary-ChekuSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
Alexandra-0338300294297 ± 3 Age of granite 415000    206169Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanSary-ChekuSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
PorphCu-00374309270309–270      Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206169Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanSarychekuSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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