Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bel'tau Mts, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

mindat Locality ID: 209869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bel'tau Mts, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bel'tau Au Deposit (Beltau)
Vysokovol'tnoye Ag-Au Deposit (Vysokovoltnoye)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Diaphorite ()*
Eucairite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tsnigriite ()*

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 As Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Se Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Copper Nickeline None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	294475	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1	294475	87
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	294475	9052
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	1	294475	91
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	294475	126
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1	294475	54
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	294475	663
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	294475	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	294475	804
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	294475	300
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	294475	192
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	294475	89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	294475	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	294475	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294475	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	294475	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	294475	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	294475	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	294475	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	294475	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	294475	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	294475	5317
Tsnigriite ()*	None	Ag₉SbTe₃S₃	1	294475	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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