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Locality Name:
Kairagach Au Deposit (Kaygarach), Okhangaron District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 285
Youngest recorded age at locality: 275

mindat Locality ID: 2813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kairagach Au Deposit (Kaygarach), Okhangaron District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°58'59"N
Longitude: 70°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.983055555556,70.25
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperFeldsparGermanite
JunoiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteNonePavonitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteUytenbogaardtite

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Cupropavonite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hemusite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)
Junoite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kostovite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Montbrayite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Nekrasovite  (*)Nevskite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stibiocolusite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tin  (*)
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS32852750315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)28527508803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2852750489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62852750966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)285275011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi28527501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S328527501935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS328527501089
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe22852750361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)285275027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO228527505171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2285275027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS22852750162
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2852750281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe2852750169
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S5285275018
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS22852750246
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS42852750163
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2285275040
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS285275024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu285275030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13285275072
Hemusite  (*)SphaleriteCu1+4Cu2+2SnMoS828527507
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2852750804
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S22285275028
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)16285275018
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)428527505591
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se285275032
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4285275082
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4285275021
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe82852750111
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3285275030
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42852750198
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi285275088
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8285275092
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)38285275019
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3285275067
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S16285275011
Nevskite  (*)TetradymiteBi(Se,S)28527506
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22852750409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2285275039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2285275061156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4285275064
Silver  (*)CopperAg28527505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS285275021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42852750668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12285275080
Stibiocolusite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13V(Sb,Sn,As)3S1628527504
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)285275092
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S285275013
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42852750337
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te3285275029
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe2852750190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2852750510
Tin  (*)NoneSn285275063
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2285275046
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2285275064


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000172Bel'tau-Kurama volcano-plutonic belt, where well-conserved pre-Tertiary porphyry Cu-Au and epithermal Au and Ag deposits were identified.


1 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
Giersdorf_00000172285275280±5K-Ar and Rb-Sr      Au2813Kairagach Au Deposit (Kaygarach), Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanKairagach depositKovalenker, et. al (2004) IGCPEA486_239Kairagach Mineralization

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