Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ashchysay (Achisay), Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 221308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashchysay (Achisay), Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Achisay Mine (Achysai Mine; Turlan Mine)

Latitude: 43°31'42"N
Longitude: 68°53'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.528333333333,68.894444444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Enargite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	372	347	1	77591	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	372	347	1	77591	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	372	347	1	77591	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	372	347	1	77591	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	372	347	1	77591	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	372	347	1	77591	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	372	347	1	77591	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	347	1	77591	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	372	347	1	77591	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	372	347	1	77591	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	372	347	1	77591	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	372	347	1	77591	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	372	347	1	77591	9617
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	372	347	1	77591	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	372	347	1	77591	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	372	347	1	77591	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	372	347	1	77591	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	372	347	1	77591	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	372	347	1	77591	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	372	347	1	77591	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	372	347	1	77591	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	372	347	1	77591	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	372	347	1	77591	5674
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	372	347	1	77591	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	347	1	77591	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	372	347	1	77591	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	372	347	1	77591	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	372	347	1	77591	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	372	347	1	77591	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	372	347	1	77591	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	372	347	1	77591	332

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-00286	372	347	Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous (Famennian– Tournaisian)											25986	Achisay Mine (Achysai Mine; Turlan Mine), Ashchysay (Achisay), Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan	Achisay	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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