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:
Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan

mindat Locality ID: 221234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aktau
Beyneu
Karakiya
Mangyshlak Peninsula
Mangystau
Munaily
Tupkaragan

Latitude: 44°3'35"N
Longitude: 51°36'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.059722222222,51.601944444444

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.

Baryte	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Corundum Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	77492,77494	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	77486	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	77495	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	77495	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	77482,77483,77484,77485,77486	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	77495	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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