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Locality Name:
Ulan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 303
Youngest recorded age at locality: 279

mindat Locality ID: 270838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Belogorskiy
Ognevka Ta Deposit
Verkhne-Baimurzinskoye Deposit
Yubileinoye Ta Deposit

Latitude: 49°33'50"N
Longitude: 83°2'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.563888888889,83.0475
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylChildreniteClayColumbiteDiasporeFeldsparGarnetHureauliteMica
NickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRutileSphalerite
TopazTourmalineZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Irtyshite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Lithiotantite  (*)Lithiowodginite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rankamaite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schorl  (*)Simpsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Thoreaulite  (*)Topaz  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Väyrynenite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)303279477272,77273,77274,772758803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33032791772722353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F295280177273244
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18303279377272,77273,772744286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2303279377272,77273,772745171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6303279277272,77273518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)295280177273520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O295280177273128
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)303279177271108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F303279277271,772732740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3032791772727437
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)303279177271204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O303279177271125
Irtyshite  (*)NoneNa2Ta4O112952801772732
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2303279377272,77273,77275148
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)330327917727134
Lithiotantite  (*)ColumbiteLiTa3O82952801772734
Lithiowodginite  (*)NoneLiTa3O8303279377271,77273,772755
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)295280277274,772754924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)295280177273200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2303279277272,7727417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3032791772722349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS230327917727239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83032791772729056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2303279477272,77273,77274,7727561156
Rankamaite  (*)None(Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)312952801772735
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5303279177271206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)295280277273,772742705
Simpsonite  (*)NoneAl4Ta3O13(OH)295280277273,7727516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29528017727321482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6295280377273,77274,77275688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6295280177273211
Thoreaulite  (*)NoneSn2+Ta2O62952801772739
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22952801772731476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)303279177271313
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)29528017727315
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8295280277273,7727578
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2952801772735251


5 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
Alexandra-0127303297300 ± 3U–PbAge of intrusionzirconХ1056 YesZircon  20534Ungursai Ta Deposit, Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanUngursaiKotler et al. (2015)10.1134/S1028334X15060136DES462_565 
Alexandra-0128299291295 ± 4Ar-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite, lepidolite  Yes  20534Ungursai Ta Deposit, Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanUngursaiKotler et al. (2015)10.1134/S1028334X15060136DES462_565 
Alexandra-0129283279281 ± 2Ar-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite, lepidolite  Yes  20534Ungursai Ta Deposit, Irtysh River, Kalba Range, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanUngursaiKotler et al. (2015)10.1134/S1028334X15060136DES462_565 
Alexandra-0154295280295–280Ar-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite, lepidolite     205057Yubileinoye Ta Deposit, Ulan, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanYubileinoye DepositMurzintsev et al. (2016) 3CAU_131 
Alexandra-0148295280295-280Ar-ArAge of intrusion   Yes  20535Qalba Range (Kalba Range), KazakhstanKalba RangeMurzintsev et al. (2016) 3CAU_131 

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