Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 427
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 26002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Aktobe
Alga
Ayteke Bi
Bayganin
Donskoy Complex
Jaroslav Deposit
Kargaly
Khromtau
Kobda
Martuk
Mugalzhar
Oiyl
Shalkar
Shandy River
Temir
Yrgyz

Latitude: 49°59'49"N
Longitude: 58°40'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.996944444444,58.668611111111

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl
Boracite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hilgardite	Hydrotalcite
Iron	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Larderellite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Oxalate	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite
Wurtzite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl
Boracite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Hilgardite Hydrotalcite
Iron Kaolinite Kieserite Larderellite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Oxalate Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite
Wurtzite Zircon Zirconolite

114 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aksaite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Aspidolite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bischofite ()*	Boracite ()*	Bornite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chelkarite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ernienickelite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Ginorite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gold ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halurgite ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hilgardite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jaipurite ()*	Jamborite ()*	Kainite ()*
Kaliborite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Kurgantaite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Metaborite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Népouite ()*	Nickelphosphide ()*
Nontronite ()*	Novgorodovaite ()*	Opal ()*	Orcelite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pinnoite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Potassic-pargasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Preobrazhenskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Satimolite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulfoborite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*
Talc ()*	Tatarskite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Yarzhemskiite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77154	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	77148	1022
Aksaite ()*	Not in a structural group	MgB₆O₇(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	1	77158	1
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	77145,77147,77148	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	77154	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	77147	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	77147,77148	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	354	248	2	77129,77158	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	77154	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77147	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	427	357.6	1	77139	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	77147,77154	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	427	357.6	2	77139,77141	143
Aspidolite ()*	Mica Clay	NaMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	427	357.6	1	77142	11
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	77151	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	77164	304
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	354	248	1	77158	42
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	354	248	1	77158	57
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	77154	5516
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			2	77148	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	77129,77148	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	77148	232
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	354	248	2	77129,77158	132
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	77151	1184
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	427	357.6	2	77139,77141	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	77147,77154	27198
Chelkarite ()*	None	CaMgB₂O₄Cl₂·7H₂O (?)	354	248	1	77158	1
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	427	357.6	7	77134,77135,77136,77139,77140,77142,77143	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	77154	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	77147	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	77147	1008
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	77151	310
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	77147	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	427	357.6	2	77142,77164	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	427	357.6	1	77142	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	77147,77154	8173
Ernienickelite ()*	None	NiMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	427	357.6	1	77141	6
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	427	357.6	1	77139	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	77148	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	427	357.6	1	77142	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	77147,77154	24243
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	427	357.6	1	77139	22
Ginorite ()*	None	Ca₂B₁₄O₂₀(OH)₆·5H₂O	354	248	1	77158	11
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	77129	137
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	77154	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	77151	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	77151	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	427	357.6	1	77139	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	354	248	2	77129,77158	1398
Halurgite ()*	None	Mg₄[B₈O₁₃(OH)₂]₂·7H₂O	354	248	2	77158,77160	1
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77148	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	77154	14640
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	354	248	1	77158	13
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	427	357.6	1	77141	243
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	354	248	1	77158	42
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	427	357.6	3	77140,77154,77164	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	77164	1089
Jaipurite ()*	Nickeline	CoS	427	357.6	1	77139	6
Jamborite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni²⁺_1-xCo³⁺_x(OH)_2-x(SO₄)_x·nH₂O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]	427	357.6	1	77139	32
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O			1	77129	50
Kaliborite ()*	None	KHMg₂B₁₂O₁₆(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	354	248	1	77158	8
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	77137	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	354	248	2	77129,77158	80
Kurgantaite ()*	Hilgardite	CaSrB₅O₉Cl·H₂O	354	248	1	77158	6
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄			1	77147	249
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	427	357.6	1	77141	210
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	427	357.6	1	77139	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	427	248	3	77129,77139,77158	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	427	357.6	3	77139,77147,77154	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	427	357.6	1	77139	161
Metaborite ()*	None	HBO₂	354	248	1	77158	4
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	77148	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	427	357.6	2	77139,77142	1066
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC			1	77164	57
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	77147,77154	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	77147,77148,77154	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	77148	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			2	77145,77148	884
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	427	357.6	1	77139	66
Nickelphosphide ()*	None	Ni₃P			1	77164	19
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	427	357.6	1	77139	471
Novgorodovaite ()*	Oxalate	Ca₂(C₂O₄)Cl₂·2H₂O	354	248	1	77158	1
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	77152	2994
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	427	357.6	1	77139	36
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	427	357.6	1	77139	313
Pinnoite ()*	None	MgB₂O(OH)₆	354	248	1	77158	13
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	354	248	2	77129,77158	102
Potassic-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	427	357.6	1	77139	9
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	77147,77154	1898
Preobrazhenskite ()*	None	Mg₃B₁₁O₁₅(OH)₉	354	248	1	77158	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	77147,77154	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	427	357.6	1	77139	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	77147	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	77147,77151,77154,77161	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77148	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	77148,77154,77164	5614
Satimolite ()*	None	KNa₂(Al₅Mg₂)[B₁₂O₁₈(OH)₁₂](OH)₆Cl₄·4H₂O	354	248	1	77158	2
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	77154	4894
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl			2	77145,77148	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	77147,77154	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	77147	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	77154	3418
Sulfoborite ()*	None	Mg₃[B(OH)₄]₂(SO₄)(OH,F)₂	354	248	1	77158	10
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	354	248	2	77129,77158	275
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	354	248	1	77158	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	77135	3337
Tatarskite ()*	None	Ca₆Mg₂(SO₄)₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄Cl₄·7H₂O	354	248	1	77158	2
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	77154	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	77148	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	427	357.6	2	77140,77148	4899
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	427	357.6	1	77142	212
Yarzhemskiite ()*	Larderellite	K[B₅O₇(OH)₂]·H₂O	354	248	1	77159	1
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	77148,77154	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	77164	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0078	western part
Alexandra-0079	Diamond Pearl mine
Alexandra-0080	Diamond Pearl mine
Nina_509	Magnesium and potassium-bearing formations are concentrated in the northern and western parts of the basin (Fig. 6), but such salt deposits occur on some of the salt domes in the central part of the Basin (Chelcar, Elton)

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Alexandra-0077	427	394	427-394	Sm-Nd	Age of rock		185521	Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kempirsai massif	Melcher et al. (1999)	10.1007/s001260050202	MD34_250
Alexandra-0078	377.6	374.4	376 ± 1.6	Rb-Sr	Age of rock	amphibole, phlogopite, apatite	185521	Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kempirsai massif	Melcher et al. (1999)	10.1007/s001260050202	MD34_250
Alexandra-0079	394.6	376.2	385.4 ± 9.2	Ar-Ar	Age of rock	amphibole	185521	Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kempirsai massif	Melcher et al. (1999)	10.1007/s001260050202	MD34_250
Alexandra-0080	373.6	357.6	365.6 ± 8	Ar-Ar	Age of rock	amphibole	185521	Kempirsai Cr Deposit, Kargaly, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kempirsai massif	Melcher et al. (1999)	10.1007/s001260050202	MD34_250
Nina_509	354	248	Carboniferous, Early Permian		Age of salt deposit		2211	Chelkar Salt Dome, Aksai Valley, Shalkar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Chelkar Salt Dome	Anissimov (1998)	10.1144/petgeo.4.1.1	PG4_1	Age of salt deposit

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130694	Chelkar Salt Dome, Aksai Valley, Shalkar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	https://rruff.info/R130694

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