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Locality Name:
Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289.8

mindat Locality ID: 302648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Agadyr
Akchatau (Aqshatau; Akschatau; Akchataul; Akshatau)
Almaly Mine
Kayrakty (Kairakty)
Kyzylespe (Kyzyl-Espe)
Mointy (Moyynty)
Nura-Taldy W Deposit
Ortau
Saryshagan Cu Deposit
Zhanet Mo Deposit

Latitude: 47°58'49"N
Longitude: 73°31'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.980277777778,73.526944444444

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite
Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Betpakdalite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rockbridgeite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Thortveitite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Triplite	Tungstite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Te Th U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite
Autunite Baryte Beryl Betpakdalite Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rockbridgeite
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Thortveitite Topaz
Tourmaline Triplite Tungstite Wurtzite Zircon

106 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Barstowite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bilibinskite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brockite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Creedite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gladite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Iriginite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordisite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Linarite ()*	Lindströmite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melkovite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pekoite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Saryarkite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorite ()*
Thortveitite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vauquelinite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	372	359	1	77402	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	372	359	2	77402,77409	3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	77409	286
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	372	359	2	77398,77402	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	77409,77411	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	372	359	2	77402,77404	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	372	359	1	77402	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	372	359	1	77402	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	77410	919
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	77409	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	372	299	3	77400,77402,77412	5509
Barstowite ()*	None	Pb₄(CO₃)Cl₆·H₂O	372	359	1	77402	11
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	372	359	2	77402,77407	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	372	359	1	77402	172
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			3	77398,77410,77411	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	300.5	289.8	4	77398,77410,77411,77413	4286
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	372	359	1	77402	413
Bilibinskite ()*	None	PbAu₃Cu₂Te₂	318	299	1	77400	12
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	372	359	4	77396,77398,77402,77403	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	372	359	4	77398,77402,77403,77410	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	372	299	3	77400,77402,77412	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	372	359	1	77402	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	372	359	1	77402	1089
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O			1	77407	48
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	77396,77398	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	77398	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	372	359	2	77402,77404	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	372	359	1	77402	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	372	299	3	77400,77402,77412	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	299	8	77396,77398,77400,77402,77403,77404,77410,77412	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	372	299	4	77400,77402,77404,77412	3531
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	77398	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	372	299	3	77400,77402,77412	4165
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	372	359	3	77398,77403,77410	48
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	372	299	2	77400,77402	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	372	359	1	77402	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	372	359	1	77402	180
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂			1	77396	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	318	289.8	3	77400,77409,77413	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	372	359	1	77402	163
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	77398	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	372	359	3	77398,77403,77409	345
Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Fe³⁺Si₂O₅(OH)			1	77399	9
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	77398	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	372	289.8	8	77398,77400,77402,77403,77409,77410,77411,77413	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈			1	77398	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	372	299	6	77398,77400,77402,77404,77407,77412	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	372	359	1	77402	192
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉			1	77398	67
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	372	299	3	77400,77402,77407	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	372	299	2	77400,77402	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	372	359	1	77402	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	372	359	1	77402	6890
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉			1	77398	43
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	318	299	4	77400,77407,77409,77412	14640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)			1	77398	57
Iriginite ()*	None	(UO₂)Mo⁶⁺₂O₇·3H₂O			1	77409	15
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	372	359	1	77402	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	77409,77410	2228
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	372	359	1	77402	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	372	359	1	77402	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆			1	77398	80
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	77404	987
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅			1	77398	38
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	318	299	2	77400,77409	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	299	4	77400,77402,77404,77412	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	372	359	1	77402	5674
Melkovite ()*	Betpakdalite	CaFe³⁺₂Mo₅O₁₀(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·8H₂O			1	77409	4
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	77411	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	372	289.8	9	77396,77398,77400,77402,77403,77407,77409,77412,77413	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	372	359	2	77402,77409	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	372	299	7	77398,77400,77402,77403,77410,77411,77412	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	77411	2349
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈			1	77398	39
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	77411	326
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl			1	77404	71
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			1	77410	309
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	318	299	2	77400,77409	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	289.8	10	77396,77398,77399,77400,77402,77403,77404,77407,77412,77413	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	372	359	1	77402	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	77404	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	318	299	2	77400,77412	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	372	289.8	8	77396,77398,77399,77403,77409,77410,77411,77413	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	77407	206
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	77404	454
Saryarkite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca(Y,Th)Al₅(SiO₄)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₇·6H₂O			1	77407	1
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	372	359	4	77396,77398,77403,77410	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	77411	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	372	359	1	77402	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	372	359	1	77402	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	372	359	1	77402	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	77411	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	372	299	4	77398,77400,77402,77412	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	310	310	1	77412	1101
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	77407	1006
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇			1	77407	54
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	372	289.8	6	77398,77400,77403,77410,77411,77413	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F			1	77410	233
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	372	359	2	77403,77410	118
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	77404	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)			1	77404	63
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	372	359	2	77396,77402	297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	318	299	2	77400,77404	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	77407	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	77398,77407	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	77409	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
PorphCu-00596	318	299	Middle–Late Carboniferous					Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Topaz, Wulfenite	Cu	208334	Almaly Mine, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Almaly	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
sedznpb-00290	372	359	Late Devonian \|(late Famennian)							31952	Kayrakty Pb-Zn Mine, Kayrakty (Kairakty), Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Kairakty	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
PorphCu-00612	310	310	Middle-Late Carboniferous					Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	208396	Saryshagan Cu Deposit, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Saryshagan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00473	300.5	289.9	295.2±5.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	xh080915-5(1)	Molybdenite		Mo	224550	Zhanet Mo Deposit, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Zhanet greisen Mo deposit	Chen et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006	GF1_115
Mo-00474	300.1	291.5	295.8±4.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	xh080915-5(1)	Molybdenite		Mo	224550	Zhanet Mo Deposit, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Zhanet greisen Mo deposit	Chen et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006	GF1_115
Mo-00475	298.4	289.8	294.1±4.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	xh080915-5(4)	Molybdenite		Mo	224550	Zhanet Mo Deposit, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan	Zhanet greisen Mo deposit	Chen et al. (2010)	10.1016/j.gsf.2010.08.006	GF1_115

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