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Locality Name:
Kara-Oba W Deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 265
Youngest recorded age at locality: 255

mindat Locality ID: 2222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kara-Oba W Deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Janet Ore Occurrence
Solnechnoye Mine (Solvech Mine)

Latitude: 47°15'27"N
Longitude: 71°14'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.2575,71.241666666667
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: Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryte
BerylBetpakdaliteBismutiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChlorite
ChukhroviteClayColumbiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
KaoliniteKobelliteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteMonazite
NadoriteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalygorskitePhenakitePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTungstiteVesuvianiteZircon

112 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Akdalaite  (*)Albite  (*)Amesite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chukhrovite-(Nd)  (*)Chukhrovite-(Y)  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Creedite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gearksutite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nacrite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Perite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Russellite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Stolzite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sudoite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Tungstite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zavaritskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS32652550315
Akdalaite  (*)NolaniteAl10O14(OH)22652551773576
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26525508803
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)426525517735774
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO226525502162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO526525501310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32652551773571534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)26525502734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)26525501588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)226525503092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26525509052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32652550544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O626525502060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226525505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)265255011547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22652550606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1826525504286
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]265255015
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62652550413
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl265255071
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi26525501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S326525501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2652550716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426525505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)626525501633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22652550700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)265255027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22652551773575171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)26525501252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26525504979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2652550925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S26525505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2265255027198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4265255177357321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26525503531
Chukhrovite-(Nd)  (*)ChukhroviteCa3NdAl2(SO4)F13·12H2O26525501
Chukhrovite-(Y)  (*)ChukhroviteCa3YAl2(SO4)F13·12H2O26525503
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32652551773571797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52652550344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26525504165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O265255048
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4265255054
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O26525502970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2265255067
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)265255177357481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42652550651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62652551773574135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22652551773579895
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2652550551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2652550345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2265255277356,773579617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4265255177357445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26525517735724243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42652550192
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O265255068
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26525507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26525506890
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S2652550237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3265255014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2652550469
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)265255057
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O326525505433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O22652550148
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626525502228
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6265255039
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22652550987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426525517735714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2265255012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS226525505674
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O2652550182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl26525501107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22652551773565800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)265255177356945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O26525501508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2265255277356,7735717380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42652550112
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6265255177356254
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2652550471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O26525502994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O2652550306
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl265255027
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)2652550326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)226525502273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62652550477
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2652550494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226525517735639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S826525509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226525517735661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)26525501711
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6265255040
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO226525505614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2652551773574894
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O2652550128
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O26525501153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26525506417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2265255092
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26525517735721482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O2652550456
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2652550156
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2652550589
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8265255051
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS26525502045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1326525501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326525505317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26525504899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22652551773571476
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O2652550118
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102652551773571395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32652550297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO426525501655
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF265255026
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)26525505251


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
Mo-00026265255260±5?-?     Betpakdalite-CaCa, Ferrimolybdite, Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo2222Kara-Oba W Deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan Pautov et al. (2005) NDM40_5 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060601Kara-Oba W Deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R060601
R060900Kara-Oba W Deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R060900

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