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Locality Name:
Dzhezkazgan Mining District ("Dzhezkazgan Mine"), Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 320
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 2214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dzhezkazgan Mining District ("Dzhezkazgan Mine"), Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°47'59"N
Longitude: 67°23'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.799722222222,67.399722222222
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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H I Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H I Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteArsenicAtacamiteBaryteBournoniteBrauniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDomeykiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSpangoliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Antimony  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dokuchaevite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Domeykite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Likasite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Nantokite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roxbyite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)320320041
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3203200363
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)33203200544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)232032005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)320320011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)63203200132
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15320320045
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS432032005516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3320320049
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS332032001089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)3203200483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)632032001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)320320027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)32032001252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S32032005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2320320027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O32032003531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3203200966
Copper  (*)CopperCu32032003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS32032004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O32032002970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O23203200144
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163203200300
Dokuchaevite  (*)NoneCu8O2(VO4)3Cl332032003
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)232032009895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As320320073
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS33203200105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS320320024243
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)3320320024
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl32032001398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3320320014640
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI3203200180
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)3203200234
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O320320011
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2320320012537
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl320320035
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)43203200369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2320320039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2320320061156
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5320320027
Silver  (*)CopperAg32032005186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33203200531
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O3203200105
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)2320320017
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS320320021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3203200332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1332032001803


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
sedcu-00492320320Carboniferous       Cu2214Dzhezkazgan Mining District ("Dzhezkazgan Mine"), Karaganda Region, KazakhstanDzhezkazganCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060327Dzhezkazgan Mining District ("Dzhezkazgan Mine"), Karaganda Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R060327

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