Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 547
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 29033
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29033.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Aiyrtau
Akkayin
Akzhar
Altyntau Deposit
Esil
Gabit Musirepov
Kyzylzhar
Leningradskoye
Magzhan Zhumabaev
Mamlyut
Petropavl
Shal Akyn
Taiynsha
Timiryazev
Ualikhanov
Zhambyl

Latitude: 53°28'28"N
Longitude: 67°30'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.474444444444,67.502222222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Brannerite	Calcite
Cancrinite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Löllingite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Tridymite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Au Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Th Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Brannerite Calcite
Cancrinite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Löllingite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Tridymite Wurtzite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Brannerite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Leucite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Ningyoite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pokrovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zinc ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	547	521	1	77498	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	77536	286
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	77510	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	77502,77517,77521,77526,77528	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	77536	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	547	521	1	77498	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	77520,77526,77528	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	77510	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	547	521	2	77498,77536	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	547	521	1	77498	238
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	77510	1966
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			6	77501,77503,77517,77521,77526,77528	248
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			1	77536	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	547	521	3	77498,77517,77526	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	77536	232
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			7	77501,77502,77503,77520,77526,77527,77529	566
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	77536	1797
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	77510	344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	77510	802
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	547	521	1	77498	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	547	521	1	77498	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	77503,77507	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	77536	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	547	521	1	77498	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	77521	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	77510	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77536	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	77502,77503,77522	14640
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂			1	77520	102
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	547	521	1	77498	1507
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	77536	233
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	77510	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	77507	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	547	521	2	77498,77507	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	77510,77520,77526	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	547	521	5	77498,77502,77517,77520,77522	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	547	521	2	77498,77536	884
Ningyoite ()*	Rhabdophane	(U,Ca,Ce)₂(PO₄)₂·1-2H₂O			1	77503	33
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	547	521	1	77498	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	547	521	1	77498	2273
Pokrovskite ()*	Malachite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	77507	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	77503,77510,77517,77520,77522	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	77510	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	547	521	8	77498,77502,77503,77510,77514,77517,77520,77521	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	77510	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	547	521	1	77498	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	547	521	1	77498	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	77510	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	77510	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	77510	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	77510	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	77502	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	77536	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			9	77502,77503,77515,77517,77520,77521,77522,77526,77528	2718
Zinc ()*	None	Zn			1	77504	52
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	547	521	3	77498,77502,77536	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	547	521	1	77498	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000902	MAGMATIC STYLE: Veins and lens-like bodies. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, malignite, sviatonossite, pulaskite, shonkinite, nepheline syenite and syenite.
Jen_0000903	MAGMATIC STYLE: Veins and lens-like bodies. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, malignite, sviatonossite, pulaskite, shonkinite, nepheline syenite and syenite.

2 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
	Jen_0000902	534	534	534	K-Ar										18533	Lake Barchi Area, Aiyrtau, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan	Barchinskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
	Jen_0000903	547	521	547-521	K-Ar										18533	Lake Barchi Area, Aiyrtau, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan	Barchinskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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