Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 302691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aidarly Cu-Mo Deposit
Akbastau Mine
Aqtoghay
Biyesimas
Kalgutinskii South Intrusion
Kosmurun Mine
Nurbay Cu Deposit

Latitude: 47°54'30"N
Longitude: 79°25'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.908333333333,79.421388888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Titanite	Valleriite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*
Safflorite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Titanite Valleriite Wurtzite Zircon

49 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			2	77228,77229	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	354	312	2	77226,77229	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	77222	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	352	252	1	77231	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	354	312	2	77225,77226	1588
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77228	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	352	252	1	77231	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	354	312	1	77226	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	312	1	77226	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	252	3	77226,77227,77231	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	77230	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	252	3	77226,77227,77231	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	252	4	77222,77226,77227,77231	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	354	312	1	77226	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	252	2	77226,77231	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	354	252	2	77226,77231	802
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	352	252	1	77231	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	312	1	77226	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	354	312	2	77222,77226	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	77228	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	252	3	77222,77226,77231	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	252	2	77226,77231	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	77223,77230	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	312	1	77226	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	77222	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	354	312	1	77226	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	354	312	1	77226	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	252	5	77222,77226,77228,77229,77231	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	252	2	77226,77231	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	77229	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	354	252	3	77222,77226,77231	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	252	4	77222,77225,77226,77231	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	354	312	1	77226	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	312	2	77222,77226	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	252	3	77222,77226,77231	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	312	1	77226	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	77222,77225	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77229	375
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	77222	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	354	312	1	77226	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	354	312	1	77226	317
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	252	3	77222,77226,77231	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	77222	510
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	77228	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	312	2	77226,77229	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	352	252	1	77231	237
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	77222	64
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	354	312	1	77226	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	77228,77229	5251

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
	PorphCu-00595	354	312	354–312									Albite, Anhydrite, Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Ilmenite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pentlandite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Safflorite, Sphalerite, Titanite, Wittichenite	Cu	208333	Aktogay Mine, Aqtoghay, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Aktogai	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00613	352	252	Late Paleozoic									Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Diaspore, Galena, Goethite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Valleriite	Cu	208397	Nurbay Cu Deposit, Ayagoz, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Nurbay	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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