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Locality Name:
Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 275390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kurumsak V Deposit

Latitude: 44°20'0"N
Longitude: 67°38'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.333333333333,67.633333333333
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na Ni O P S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousBaryteChalcoalumiteClayCyanotrichiteDiasporeGypsumHewettite
MicaNoneRutileStraczekiteVolborthite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Alvanite  (*)Ankinovichite  (*)Barnesite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bokite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chernykhite  (*)
Corvusite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kazakhstanite  (*)Kurumsakite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Rusakovite  (*)Satpaevite  (*)Steigerite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)
Vanalite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O177579470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6177579966
Alvanite  (*)ChalcoalumiteZn2+Al4(V5+O3)2(OH)12·2H2O1775794
Ankinovichite  (*)ChalcoalumiteNiAl4(V5+O3)2(OH)12·2H2O1775792
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O17757915
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17757911547
Bokite  (*)Straczekite(Al,Fe)1.3(V5+,V4+,Fe3+)8O20·7.5H2O17757910
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O17757988
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1775791184
Chernykhite  (*)Mica ClayBaV2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)21775796
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O17757979
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O17757941
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3177579504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1775797437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1775796890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O17757958
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61775792228
Kazakhstanite  (*)NoneFe3+5V4+3V5+12O39(OH)9·9H2O1775796
Kurumsakite  (*)NoneZn8Al8V5+2Si5O35·27H2O (?)1775793
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O17757956
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21775793106
Rusakovite  (*)None(Fe,Al)5(VO4)2(OH)9·3H2O1775792
Satpaevite  (*)NoneAl12(V4+,V5+)8O37·30H2O (?)1775793
Steigerite  (*)NoneAl(VO4)·3H2O17757910
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS417757948
Vanalite  (*)NoneNaAl8V10O38·30H2O1775792
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O177579155


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061117Kurumsak V Deposit, Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R061117

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