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Locality Name:
Talas Silver District, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan


mindat Locality ID: 207254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talas Silver District, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Babakhan Ore Cluster
Kumyshtag Ore Cluster
Kurgan Ore Cluster

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCylindrite
FluoriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2277961,779623092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb277961,77964363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS377961,77962,779649052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)277959,7796111547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi277961,779641966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3277961,779621935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11177962843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3277961,779621089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)377959,77961,7796227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2277962,779645171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2377959,77961,7796227198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2177961162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1779642600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2277961,779629617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.917796452
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS477959,77961,77962,7796424243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS177961170
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14277961,77962784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2277961,77962762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417796214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21779645674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2277959,7796217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2477959,77961,77962,7796439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8377961,77962,779649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2477959,77961,77962,7796461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1779624894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)477959,77961,77962,779646417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1779645186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS377961,77962,7796421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4277962,77964668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3277961,779623418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13477959,77961,77962,779645317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3177962297
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS177964372



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