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Locality Name:
Kyzyltu Cu-Mo Deposit, Akkol, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 445
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 208336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kyzyltu Cu-Mo Deposit, Akkol, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°57'0"N
Longitude: 72°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.95,72.333055555556

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteFeldsparGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)44544508803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)44544501588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244544505509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi44544501966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444544505516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44544505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2445445027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS44544504165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S44544501027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS445445024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu445445030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O44544506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3445445014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4445445014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2445445012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS244544505674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS244544505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2445445017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2445445039462
Silver  (*)CopperAg44544505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS445445021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1344544501803



1 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
PorphCu-00598445445445      Albite, Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, SphaleriteCu208336Kyzyltu Cu-Mo Deposit, Akkol, Akmola Region, KazakhstanKyzyltuSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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