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Locality Name:
Besshoky Cu Deposit, Aktogay, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 208390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208390.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 48°13'35"N
Longitude: 76°16'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.226388888889,76.271666666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Sb Si W 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSphaleriteStanniteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63182990966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO531829901310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)231829905509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2318299027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O31829903531
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)3182990481
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43182990910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)31829908173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS43182990163
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)3182990551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3182990345
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)631829902228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)431829905591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2318299012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS231829905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2318299017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2318299039462


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-00607318299Middle-Late Carboniferous      Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Famatinite, Ferberite, Ferrimolybdite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu208390Besshoky Cu Deposit, Aktogay, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanBesshokySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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