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Locality Name:
Nurbay Cu Deposit, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 352
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 208397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nurbay Cu Deposit, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°55'0"N
Longitude: 79°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.916666666667,79.333055555556
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: Al As C Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelValleriiteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO535225201310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35225209052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435225205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35225205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2352252027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35225204165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33522520802
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)3522520481
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS352252024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35225207437
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4352252014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2352252012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235225205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2352252017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2352252039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS352252021482
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]3522520237


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-00613352252Late Paleozoic      Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Diaspore, Galena, Goethite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, ValleriiteCu208397Nurbay Cu Deposit, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanNurbaySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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