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Locality Name:
Aiyrtau, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

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

mindat Locality ID: 302347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aiyrtau, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lake Barchi Area
Saumalkol' (Volodarskoye)
Syrymbet
Zlatogorsk

Latitude: 53°21'58"N
Longitude: 68°12'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.366111111111,68.205

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.

Andalusite	Baddeleyite	Brannerite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Ningyoite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pokrovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zinc ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baddeleyite Brannerite Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane
Spinel Tridymite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	77502	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	547	521	1	77498	1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	547	521	1	77498	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	547	521	1	77498	238
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			2	77501,77503	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	547	521	1	77498	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			3	77501,77502,77503	566
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
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	547	521	1	77498	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	77502,77503	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	547	521	1	77498	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	77507	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	547	521	2	77498,77507	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	547	521	2	77498,77502	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	547	521	1	77498	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			1	77503	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	547	521	3	77498,77502,77503	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	547	521	1	77498	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	547	521	1	77498	1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	77502	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	77502,77503	2718
Zinc ()*	None	Zn			1	77504	52
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	547	521	2	77498,77502	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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