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Locality Name:
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Aravan District, Osh, Kyrgyzstan


mindat Locality ID: 2648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Aravan District, Osh, Kyrgyzstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Glavnaya Vein
Zelenaya Cave

Latitude: 40°24'59"N
Longitude: 72°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.416388888889,72.2

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 Ba C Ca Cu H O Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu H O Pb Si U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteBaryteCalciteDescloiziteFritzscheiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzVolborthite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Francevillite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Tangeite  (*)Turanite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17793811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O043
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)277938,7793960
Turanite  (*)NoneCu2+5(VO4)2(OH)403
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O177939628
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0155



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070232Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Aravan District, Osh, Kyrgyzstanhttps://rruff.info/R070232


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