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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Abay, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 283
Youngest recorded age at locality: 274.2

mindat Locality ID: 302170
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302170.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abay, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maksut

Latitude: 49°34'33"N
Longitude: 80°11'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.575833333333,80.185277777778
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 As Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteUllmannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Froodite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S283274.21772202793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe283274.2177220489
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228327717722027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS283274.2177220966
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2283274.217722062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS283274.217722024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3283274.217722014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te283274.2177220804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3283274.21772205433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4283274.217722014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2283274.21772205674
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe283274.2177220114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2832771772201066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82832771772201512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2283274.217722039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8283274.21772209056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2283274.21772205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS283274.217722021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3283274.21772203418
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS283274.21772201044
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4283277177220380


2 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
Alexandra-0081283277280 ± 3Ar-ArAge of intrusionbiotite, hornblende-249338   Cu, Ni, Pt221222Maksut Cu-Ni Deposit, Maksut, Abay, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanMaksutKhromykh et al. (2013)10.1016/j.rgg.2013.09.011RGG54_1288Cu–Ni–PGE mineralization
Deep-Dive-other-00011279.8274.2277±2.8        221222Maksut Cu-Ni Deposit, Maksut, Abay, East Kazakhstan, KazakhstanMaksut complexKovalev et al. (2014)10.1016/j.rgg.2014.09.003RGG55_1170 

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