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Locality Name:
Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan


mindat Locality ID: 2647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fergana
Kadamzhay Ore Field
Uch-Kurgan

Latitude: 40°7'38"N
Longitude: 71°42'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.127222222222,71.713611111111

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As H Na O S Sb U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeFluorite
GypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNoneOrpimentPyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Getchellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kolovratite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strelkinite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb177922363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1779223250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17792211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17792227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21779235171
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4177922352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217792227198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1779222600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4177922651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21779229895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21779229617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17792224243
Getchellite  (*)NoneSbAsS3019
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1779227437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17792330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1779226890
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2177922230
Kolovratite  (*)None(Ni,Zn)x(VO4)·nH2O1779253
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417792214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21779225674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O177922915
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S317792287
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217792217380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3177922511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217792239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2377922,77923,7792461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS177922712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1779234894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3177922179
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17792221482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)177922446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3277922,779243418
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O08
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3177922369



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