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Locality Name:
Kokshetau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 221237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kokshetau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Altybaysky U-Au Ore Field

Latitude: 53°21'2"N
Longitude: 69°15'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.350555555556,69.2625

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCubanite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtziteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)277079,770808803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1770829052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1770821966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31770821935
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6177080248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17708227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217708227198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O377079,77080,77081566
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3177082802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1770828173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1770802740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21770829617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17708224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17708230554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2177082762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21770825674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2277081,770825800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2277079,7708217380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21770821898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2277079,7708239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81770829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2277079,7708261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1770824894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17708221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31770823418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131770821803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S177082510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131770825317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2377079,77080,770812718



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