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:
Bukhar-Zhyrau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

mindat Locality ID: 302654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bukhar-Zhyrau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altyn-Tyube Area
Semizbugu Deposit

Latitude: 50°0'29"N
Longitude: 74°24'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.008055555556,74.413888888889

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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Turquoise

Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Cu Fe H K O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Turquoise

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	77342	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	77342	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	77344	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	77342	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	77344	481
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	77342	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	77342	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	77344	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	77342	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	77344	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	77342	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	77344	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	77342	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	77344	5614
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	77343	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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