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Locality Name:
Achisay Mine (Achysai Mine; Turlan Mine), Ashchysay (Achisay), Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 25986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Achisay Mine (Achysai Mine; Turlan Mine), Ashchysay (Achisay), Kentau, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°31'43"N
Longitude: 68°53'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.528611111111,68.894444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEnargiteFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
RocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S37234702793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)37234702734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37234709052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)372347011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS437234705516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)37234704979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S37234705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2372347027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu37234703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS37234704165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)237234709895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43723470910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF237234709617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4372347049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS372347024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)37234707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu372347030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O37234706890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3372347014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O37234701689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)637234701066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4372347014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS237234705674
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63723470477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2372347039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO237234703106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S837234709056
Silver  (*)CopperAg37234705186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)37234702473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS372347021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3723470332


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
sedznpb-00286372347Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous (Famennian– Tournaisian)        25986Achisay Mine (Achysai Mine; Turlan Mine), Ashchysay (Achisay), Kentau, Turkistan Region, KazakhstanAchisaySinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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