Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kugitangtau Ridge, South Tien-Shan Mts, Lebap, Turkmenistan

mindat Locality ID: 275768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kugitangtau Ridge, South Tien-Shan Mts, Lebap, Turkmenistan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kap-Kutan Cave System (Karljuk Cave System; Cupp-Coutunn Cave)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Minium	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Minium ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Niter ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Minium None
Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116811	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116811	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	116811	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	116811	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	116811	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	116811	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	116811	9617
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	116811	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116811	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	116811	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	116811	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	116811	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	116811	341
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	116811	255
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	116811	247
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	116811	1508
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	116811	181
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116811	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	116811	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	116811	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	116811	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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