Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Ulytau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 393

mindat Locality ID: 302644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulytau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Airtau Pegmatites
Aktas Deposit (Aqtas Deposit)
Donyzaus Prospect
Qarsaqbay (Karsakpay; Karsakpai; Karsakpaj)
South Kumoly
Unnamed Copper Prospect (1)

Latitude: 48°2'56"N
Longitude: 66°58'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.048888888889,66.982777777778

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.

Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Beryl	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline
Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Beryl ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*
Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baddeleyite Beryl Corundum Feldspar None Quartz Titanite Topaz Tourmaline
Tridymite Zircon

14 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	419	393	3	77415,77416,77418	8803
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	419	393	1	77418	238
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	77415	4286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	77416	14640
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77419	93
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	77415	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	419	393	1	77418	884
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	77415,77416	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	77415	2705
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	419	393	1	77418	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	419	393	1	77418	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	77415	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77419	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	419	393	1	77418	5251

1 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
	ree-00391	419	393	Early Devonian											18589	Qarsaqbay (Karsakpay; Karsakpai; Karsakpaj), Ulytau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Karsakpai	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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