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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 329
Youngest recorded age at locality: 309.1

mindat Locality ID: 208391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208391.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 47°11'3"N
Longitude: 74°42'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.184166666667,74.711388888889
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDigeniteEpidoteGypsumMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)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
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)329309.101588
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi32932901966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS432932905516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S32932905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2329329027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S32932901027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)32932908173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS329329024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu329329030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O329309.106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3329329014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4329329014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS232932905674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2323.1309.105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2329309.1017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)232932901898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2329329039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S832932909056
Silver  (*)CopperAg32932905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS329329021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1332932901803


3 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
Mo-00447323.1309.1316.1±7Re-Os molybdenitexh080912-9(1)  Molybdenite Mo208391Borly Cu Deposit, Aktogay, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanBorly porphyry Cu depositChen et al. (2010)10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006GF1_115 
Mo-00448321.5309.7315.6±5.9Re-Os molybdenitexh080912-9(5)  Molybdenite Mo208391Borly Cu Deposit, Aktogay, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanBorly porphyry Cu depositChen et al. (2010)10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006GF1_115 
PorphCu-00608329329329      Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, SphaleriteCu208391Borly Cu Deposit, Aktogay, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanBorlySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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