Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aqtoghay, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 312

mindat Locality ID: 276309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aqtoghay, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aidarly Deposit
Aktogay Mine
Kyzylkia Deposit

Latitude: 46°57'5"N
Longitude: 79°51'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.951388888889,79.864444444444

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	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	354	312	1	77226	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	354	312	2	77225,77226	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	354	312	1	77226	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	312	1	77226	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	312	2	77226,77227	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	312	2	77226,77227	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	312	2	77226,77227	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	354	312	1	77226	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	312	1	77226	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	354	312	1	77226	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	312	1	77226	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	354	312	1	77226	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	312	1	77226	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	312	1	77226	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	312	1	77226	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	354	312	1	77226	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	354	312	1	77226	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	312	1	77226	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	312	1	77226	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	354	312	1	77226	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	312	2	77225,77226	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	354	312	1	77226	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	312	1	77226	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	312	1	77226	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	312	1	77226	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	77225	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	354	312	1	77226	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	354	312	1	77226	317
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	312	1	77226	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	312	1	77226	4899
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	354	312	1	77226	297

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00595	354	312	354–312									Albite, Anhydrite, Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Ilmenite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pentlandite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Safflorite, Sphalerite, Titanite, Wittichenite	Cu	208333	Aktogay Mine, Aqtoghay, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Aktogai	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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