Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karchiga Deposit, Kurshim, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

mindat Locality ID: 265569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karchiga Deposit, Kurshim, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°34'59"N
Longitude: 85°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.583055555556,85.166666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Valleriite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Klockmannite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Valleriite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Se Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Se Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Valleriite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	63
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	237
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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