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Locality Name:
Altyn-Topkan Ore Field, Kuraminskii Range, Sughd, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 352
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 299572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altyn-Topkan Ore Field, Kuraminskii Range, Sughd, Tajikistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altyn Topkan Mine
Sardob Polymetallic Deposit

Latitude: 40°37'59"N
Longitude: 69°36'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.633055555556,69.604444444444
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn N O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumohydrocalciteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
IlvaiteKobelliteLinariteMonaziteNonePolybasitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteWollastoniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nasledovite  (*)
Nitrocalcite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schapbachite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335225211156121534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635225211156122060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)352252111561211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)352252111561227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11156134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2352252111561227198
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)352252111561281
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235225211156129895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35225211156128173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235225211156129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS352252111561224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S43522521115612192
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3522521115612717
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS352252111561262
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3352252111561214640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)3522521115612197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6352252111561273
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23522521115612987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4352252111561214899
Nasledovite  (*)AlumohydrocalcitePbMn2+3Al4O5(SO4)(CO3)4·5H2O11156132
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O352252111561246
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]3522521115612716
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211156133106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2352252111561261156
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S352252111561214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS352252111561221482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te33522521115612276
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS35225211156121044
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS33522521115612297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO335225211156121247


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
sedznpb-00425352252Late Paleozoic        23723Altyn Topkan Mine, Altyn-Topkan Ore Field, Kuraminskii Range, Sughd, TajikistanAltyn-TopkanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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