Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stepnogorsk, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan

mindat Locality ID: 221294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stepnogorsk, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aksu (Aqsu)
Manybaysky Uranium Ore Field
Stepnyak Gold Mine

Latitude: 52°28'0"N
Longitude: 72°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.466666666667,72

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Bournonite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Berthierite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chekhovichite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monimolite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roshchinite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Smirnite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zinkenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper
Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Lillianite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zinkenite Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	77107,77108,77109	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	77104	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	77104	3092
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃	1	77104	14
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	77104	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	77104	343
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	77104	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	77104	1089
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	77106	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	77104,77108,77110	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	77104,77108	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	77104	162
Chekhovichite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁴⁺₄O₁₁	1	77105	5
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	3	77107,77108,77109	566
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	77104	802
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	77106	2740
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	1	77104	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	77104,77108,77110	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	77104,77110	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	77104	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	77108	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	77104	784
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1	77110	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	77104	5591
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	77104	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	77108,77109	5800
Monimolite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	77110	5
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	77104	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	77104	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	77104,77108	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	77104	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	77104	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	77104,77105,77110	61156
Roshchinite ()*	Lillianite	(Ag,Cu)₁₉Pb₁₀Sb₅₁S₉₆	1	77104	2
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	77104	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	77110	4894
Smirnite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁴⁺O₅	1	77105	7
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	77104,77108	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	77104,77110	3418
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	77105	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	77104	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	77105	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	77104	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	77107,77108,77109	2718
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	77104	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	77106,77108	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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