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Locality Name:
Ozernoe Cu Deposit, Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 43
Youngest recorded age at locality: 43

mindat Locality ID: 208343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ozernoe Cu Deposit, Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°22'7"N
Longitude: 75°42'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.368611111111,75.708055555556

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 As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS434309052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2434305509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3434301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4434305516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S434305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24343027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O434303531
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS443430910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)434308173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4343024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)434307437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24343012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2434305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24343017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24343039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4343021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13434305317



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-00603434343      Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu208343Ozernoe Cu Deposit, Karkaraly, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanOzernoeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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