Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murghob, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 311.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300.6

mindat Locality ID: 243101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murghob, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dorozhniy Pegmatite
Nadezhda Deposit
Nizhny
Rangkul
Snejnaya Deposit
Trika
Turakulominsky Ruby Deposit

Latitude: 38°10'8"N
Longitude: 73°57'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.168888888889,73.965

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Perettiite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Badakhshanite-(Y) ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Ephesite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Margarite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*
Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None
Perettiite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

23 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	311.2	300.6	1	115530	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	311.2	300.6	1	115530	1036
Badakhshanite-(Y) ()*	Perettiite	Y₂Mn₄Al(Si₂B₇BeO₂₄)			1	115525	1
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	311.2	300.6	1	115530	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	311.2	300.6	2	115530,115533	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	311.2	300.6	7	115526,115527,115529,115530,115531,115532,115533	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	115533	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	311.2	300.6	1	115530	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	311.2	300.6	1	115530	648
Ephesite ()*	Mica	NaLiAl₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	311.2	300.6	1	115530	21
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	311.2	300.6	1	115530	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	311.2	300.6	1	115530	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	311.2	300.6	2	115530,115533	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	311.2	300.6	2	115530,115533	5591
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	311.2	300.6	1	115530	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	311.2	300.6	2	115530,115533	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	311.2	300.6	1	115530	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	311.2	300.6	2	115530,115533	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	311.2	300.6	1	115530	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	311.2	300.6	2	115530,115533	5614
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	311.2	300.6	1	115530	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	311.2	300.6	1	115530	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	311.2	300.6	1	115530	5251

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
	Alexandra-0297	311.2	300.6	305.9 ± 5.3	Rb–Sr	Age of Be-mineralization		biotite, fluorite, k-feldspar	R5/23, R6				Beryl, Phenakite	Be	294080	Snezhnoe Deposit, Rangkul, Murghob, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan	Snezhnoe	Yarmolyuk et al. (2011)	10.1134/S1075701511040064	GOD53_390

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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