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Locality Name:
Kayrakty (Kairakty), Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

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

mindat Locality ID: 221311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kayrakty (Kairakty), Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kayrakty Pb-Zn Mine
Upper Kayrakty W-Mo-Bi Deposit (Verkhnee-Kayrakty)

Latitude: 48°34'22"N
Longitude: 73°14'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.572777777778,73.247222222222

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteGypsum
KaoliniteKobelliteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTopazTungstite
Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barstowite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tungstite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3723591774022793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23723591774023419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3372359177402315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3723591774022734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23723591774023092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3723591774029052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23723591774025509
Barstowite  (*)NonePb4(CO3)Cl6·H2O37235917740211
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)37235917740211547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2372359177402172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6372359177402413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi372359277402,774031966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3372359277402,774031935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43723591774025516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11372359177402843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33723591774021089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3723591774024979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O372359177402925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3723591774025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2372359277402,7740327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3723591774023531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3723591774024165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O37235917740348
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3723591774022970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23723591774029895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)372359177402180
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4372359177402163
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O372359177403345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2372359277402,774039617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS37235917740224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4372359177402192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3723591774027437
Gold  (*)CopperAu37235917740230554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS372359177402717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3723591774026890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14372359177402784
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2372359177402102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43723591774025591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)237235917740212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23723591774025674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2372359277402,774035800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3723591774021508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2372359277402,7740317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2372359277402,7740339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23723591774023106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO237235917740361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3723591774034894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3723591774026417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3723591774025186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3723591774022473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS37235917740221482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F23723591774031476
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O372359177403118
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3372359177402297



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00290372359Late Devonian |(late Famennian)        31952Kayrakty Pb-Zn Mine, Kayrakty (Kairakty), Shet, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanKairaktySinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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