Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tekeli, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1400

mindat Locality ID: 279631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tekeli, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tekeli Pb-Zn Mine

Latitude: 44°46'59"N
Longitude: 78°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.783055555556,78.933333333333

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.

Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Niksergievite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1400	1400	1	77195	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1400	1400	1	77195	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1400	1400	1	77195	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1400	1400	1	77195	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1400	1400	1	77195	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1400	1400	1	77195	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1400	1400	1	77195	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1400	1400	1	77195	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1400	1400	1	77195	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1400	1400	1	77195	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1400	1400	1	77195	1508
Niksergievite ()*	None	Ba₂Al₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(CO₃)(OH)₆·nH₂O	1400	1400	1	77195	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1400	1400	1	77195	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1400	1400	1	77195	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1400	1400	1	77195	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1400	1400	1	77195	5317

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
	sedznpb-00296	1400	1400	Mesoproterozoic (Early–Middle Riphean)											71349	Tekeli Pb-Zn Mine, Tekeli, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan	Tekeli	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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