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Locality Name:
Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 337
Youngest recorded age at locality: 245

mindat Locality ID: 247482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Sayak 1 Deposit
Sayak 2 Deposit (Sayak II Deposit)
Sayak 3 Deposit
Sayak 4 Deposit (Sayak IV Deposit)
Tastau Deposit

Latitude: 46°59'38"N
Longitude: 77°18'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.993888888889,77.301944444444
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 B Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidoteGarnet
HarkeriteLudwigiteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinokurchatovite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Harkerite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hexahydroborite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS33372980315
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)333724501534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS33724509052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi33724501966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS433729805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)33724517733727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2337298027198
Clinokurchatovite  (*)NoneCaMgB2O53372451773372
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3372450966
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS23372980246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)33724508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS337245024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu337245030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)333724501544
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)33724517733711
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63372450741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3372450804
Hexahydroborite  (*)NoneCa[B(OH)4]2·2H2O3372451773373
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)337245177337134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O433724517733714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS233724505800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3372450767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2337245039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S833724509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2337245061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS337245021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1333729805317


6 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
Alexandra-0082337333335 ± 2U–PbAge of crystallisation of rockzirconxh080917-6(2)  Zircon Cu247482Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanSayak Ore-FieldChen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.011JAES79_723First stage skarn-mineralization in ore-field
Alexandra-0083293.3279.9286.6 ± 6.7Ar–ArAge of cooling of mineralhornblendexh080917-6(2)    247482Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanSayak Ore-FieldChen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.011JAES79_723 
Alexandra-0084265245255 ± 10Ar–ArAge of cooling of mineralk-feldsparxh080917-6(2)    247482Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanSayak Ore-FieldChen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.011JAES79_723 
Alexandra-0085309.5303.7306.6 ± 2.9Ar–ArAge of cooling of mineralbiotitexh080917-6(4)    247482Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanSayak Ore-FieldChen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.011JAES79_723 
Alexandra-0086300294297 ± 3U–PbAge of crystallisation of rockzirconxh080917-9(2)  Zircon  247482Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanSayak Ore-FieldChen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.011JAES79_723May represent late stage intrusive magmatism after skarn Cu mineralization
Alexandra-0087318298308 ± 10U–PbAge of crystallisation of rockzirconxh080917-12(1)  Zircon Cu247482Sayak Cu Ore Field, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanSayak Ore-FieldChen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.011JAES79_723Second stage skarn-mineralization in ore-field

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