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Locality Name:
Zyryan District, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 221219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zyryan District, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine)
Zyryanovsk Complex
Zyryanovsk Mine

Latitude: 49°47'30"N
Longitude: 84°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.791666666667,84.4
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperKobelliteLöllingiteMeneghinite
MilleriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Lindströmite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Nisbite  (*)Nuffieldite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3393383177287315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe277284,77285489
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4393383177287343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3933831772871966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393383027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393383377284,77285,7728727198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5393383277284,77287344
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39338317728724243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4393383177287192
Gold  (*)CopperAu39338317728730554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS393383177287170
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S939338317728743
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te393383377284,77285,77287804
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3539338317728787
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1539338317728738
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3933881772881066
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb239338317728720
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S739338317728732
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393383377284,77285,7728739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239338817728861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3933881772882473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393383377284,77285,7728721482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21772853337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133933831772871803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S393383177287510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133933831772875317


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
vms-00632393388Middle Devonian (Eifelian)        274925Zyryanovsk Complex, Zyryan District, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanZyryanovskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00607393383Middle Devonian (Eifelian-Givetian)        15195Maleyevskiy Mine, Zyryanovsk Complex, Zyryan District, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanMaleevskoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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