Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Bukinai U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 89.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.03

mindat Locality ID: 208295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bukinai U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00001030Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Ore is described as lean and is extracted exclusively by underground leaching.
Giersdorf_00001032Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Ore is described as lean and is extracted exclusively by underground leaching.


2 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
Giersdorf_000010326623.03Paleogene     Yes U208294Beshkak U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, UzbekistanBeshkak-Lyavlyakan DepositLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Age described in literature as Paleogene
Giersdorf_0000103089.883.6Coniacian       U208295Bukinai U Deposit, Lyavlyakan-Beshkak Ore Field, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, UzbekistanBukinay DepositLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Age described in literature as Coniacian-Santonian


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