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Locality Name:
Batken, Batken, Kyrgyzstan


mindat Locality ID: 299457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Batken, Batken, Kyrgyzstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kan-i-Gut Cave Mine

Latitude: 40°0'46"N
Longitude: 70°20'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.012777777778,70.345277777778

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
GypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtziteZinkenite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1778472793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3177847315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1778472734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1778471588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21778473092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1778473250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21778475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17784711547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11177847843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17784727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1778474979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1778475707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217784727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1778474165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21778479895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17784724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1778477437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1778476890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317784714640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O177847341
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14177847784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61778472228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217784712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)177847770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21778475674
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6177847477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]177847716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31778471425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217784739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21778473106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217784761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1778476417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1778475186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1778472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17784721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31778473418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131778475317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS177847372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42177847228



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