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Locality Name:
Pamir Silver District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 287.53
Youngest recorded age at locality: 285.13

mindat Locality ID: 207224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pamir Silver District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bazardara Ore Cluster
Kaltatur Ore Cluster
Mardjanay Ore Cluster

Latitude: 37°59'11"N
Longitude: 73°16'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.986388888889,73.271388888889

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.

Aramayoite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lillianite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Aikinite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cosalite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*
Fizélyite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gudmundite ()*
Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Semseyite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aramayoite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper
Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Lillianite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None
Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Topaz

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	287.53	285.13	1	115536	315
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	115540	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	287.53	285.13	1	115536	363
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	29
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	287.53	285.13	4	115536,115537,115538,115541	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	287.53	285.13	4	115536,115539,115540,115541	11547
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	287.53	285.13	1	115536	45
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	287.53	285.13	1	115536	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	287.53	285.13	4	115536,115537,115538,115541	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	287.53	285.13	3	115536,115540,115541	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	115540	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	287.53	285.13	1	115537	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	287.53	285.13	5	115536,115537,115539,115540,115541	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115540	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	115539,115540	2600
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	287.53	285.13	1	115536	344
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	126
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	115540	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	287.53	285.13	1	115536	246
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	287.53	285.13	1	115536	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	287.53	285.13	3	115536,115537,115538	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	287.53	285.13	4	115536,115537,115540,115541	24243
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	287.53	285.13	1	115536	170
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	287.53	285.13	1	115536	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	287.53	285.13	1	115536	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	287.53	285.13	1	115537	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	287.53	285.13	1	115537	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	252
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	287.53	285.13	1	115537	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	287.53	285.13	2	115535,115537	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	115540	767
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	287.53	285.13	5	115536,115537,115539,115540,115541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115537	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	287.53	285.13	5	115536,115537,115539,115540,115541	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	287.53	285.13	1	115537	4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	287.53	285.13	1	115536	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	287.53	285.13	4	115536,115539,115540,115541	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	287.53	285.13	3	115536,115540,115541	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	287.53	285.13	3	115536,115537,115540	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	287.53	285.13	3	115536,115537,115541	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	287.53	285.13	2	115536,115541	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	287.53	285.13	4	115536,115539,115540,115541	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	287.53	285.13	1	115537	1476

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
	Co-00101	287.53	285.13	286.33	Ar-Ar			sericite						Co, As, Au	207227	Akjilga Ag-Sb Deposit, Bazardara Ore Cluster, Pamir Silver District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan	Akdjilga-Chalkuiryuk Au–Co deposit	Tretiakova et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012	RGG51_1078

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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