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Locality Name:
Mointy Railway Station, Mointy (Moyynty), Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 23269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mointy Railway Station, Mointy (Moyynty), Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Akkuduk Occurrence (White Well)
Shunak Mts

Latitude: 47°13'0"N
Longitude: 73°19'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.216666666667,73.316666666667

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 Ba Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sc Si Th U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAutuniteBaryteBetpakdaliteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRockbridgeiteRocksalt
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelThortveititeZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brockite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Iriginite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Melkovite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Saryarkite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Thortveitite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21774093419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6177409286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1774098803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1774091272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17740711547
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O17740748
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1774098173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O177409345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21774099617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17740724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1774077437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3277407,7740914640
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O17740915
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61774092228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417740914899
Melkovite  (*)BetpakdaliteCaFe3+2Mo5O10(PO4)2(OH)12·8H2O1774094
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2277407,774095800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1774091508
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)177409494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217740739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217740961156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5177407206
Saryarkite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa(Y,Th)Al5(SiO4)2(PO4)2(OH)7·6H2O1774071
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1774071006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O717740754
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)177407939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1774075251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1774091025



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