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Locality Name:
Uchkuduk Area, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 283
Youngest recorded age at locality: 89.8

mindat Locality ID: 219738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uchkuduk Area, Navoiy, Uzbekistan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Altynsai Gold Occurrences
Altyntau Granite Pluton
Hodzha-Akhmet Quarry

Latitude: 42°10'59"N
Longitude: 63°41'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.183055555556,63.698611111111
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 Au B Ba Be Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAutuniteBaryteBerylClayColumbiteCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldspar
GarnetMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileTourmalineTurquoiseVolborthite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldmanite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2832792294501,2945028803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)328327912945022353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O93.989.812945031272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)129450311547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1828327912945024286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO228327912945025171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62832791294502518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2832791294502520
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2294501,2945037437
Gold  (*)CopperAu129450130554
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)3129450131
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3129450314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612945012228
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)28327912945024924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2283279129450217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129450339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212945033106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22832792294501,29450261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO228327912945025614
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62832791294502688
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O93.989.812945031059
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1294501484
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O2294501,294503155


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00001029Deposit is a part of a series of Cenozoic infiltration deposits associated with fronts of stratal oxidation. Described as an ore body that is rich in U with contents in the tenths of a percent range. Ore is extracted by bulk mining methods.


2 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
Giersdorf_0000102993.989.8Turonian       U219738Uchkuduk Area, Navoiy, UzbekistanUchkuduk DepositLaverov et al. (1992)10.1080/00206819209465621IGR34_549Age described in literature as Turonian
Alexandra-0323283279281 ±2 Age of granite 400900    214654Altyntau Granite Pluton, Uchkuduk Area, Navoiy, UzbekistanAltyntauSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 

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