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Locality Name:
Mirgalimsay Mine, Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 221304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mirgalimsay Mine, Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°30'28"N
Longitude: 68°27'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.507777777778,68.461944444444

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Enargite	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulvanite ()*
Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Enargite Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Jalpaite Malachite
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	372	359	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	372	359	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	372	359	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	372	359	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	372	359	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	372	359	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	372	359	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	372	359	1089
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	372	359	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	372	359	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	372	359	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	359	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	372	359	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	372	359	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	372	359	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	372	359	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	372	359	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	372	359	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	372	359	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	372	359	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	372	359	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	372	359	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	372	359	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	372	359	1689
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	372	359	116
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	372	359	105
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	372	359	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	372	359	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	359	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	372	359	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	372	359	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	372	359	249
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	372	359	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	359	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	372	359	3106
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	372	359	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	372	359	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	372	359	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	372	359	332
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	372	359	48
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	372	359	251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	372	359	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00292	372	359	Late Devonian (Famennian)											221304	Mirgalimsay Mine, Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan	Mirgalimsay	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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