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Locality Name:
Maksut Cu-Ni Deposit, Maksut, Abay, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 283
Youngest recorded age at locality: 274.2

mindat Locality ID: 221222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maksut Cu-Ni Deposit, Maksut, Abay, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°34'33"N
Longitude: 80°11'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.575833333333,80.185555555556
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 Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteUllmannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Froodite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S283274.202793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe283274.20489
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2283277027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS283274.20966
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2283274.2062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS283274.2024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3283274.2014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te283274.20804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3283274.205433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4283274.2014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2283274.205674
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe283274.20114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS28327701066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S828327701512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2283274.2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8283274.209056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2283274.205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS283274.2021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3283274.203418
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS283274.201044
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S42832770380


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
Alexandra-0081283277280 ± 3Ar-ArAge of intrusionbiotite, hornblende-249338   Cu, Ni, Pt221222Maksut Cu-Ni Deposit, Maksut, Abay, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanMaksutKhromykh et al. (2013)10.1016/j.rgg.2013.09.011RGG54_1288Cu–Ni–PGE mineralization
Deep-Dive-other-00011279.8274.2277±2.8        221222Maksut Cu-Ni Deposit, Maksut, Abay, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanMaksut complexKovalev et al. (2014)10.1016/j.rgg.2014.09.003RGG55_1170 

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