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Locality Name:
Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 416
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 303288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bota-Burum U Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo N Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBerylBetpakdaliteCalciteFluoriteMeta-autuniteMolybdeniteNatroautunite
NoneOrpimentPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTyrolite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bearsite  (*)Beryl  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chistyakovaite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Galena  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strelkinite  (*)Trögerite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uramarsite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O416359177168194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4163591771689052
Bearsite  (*)NoneBe2(AsO4)(OH)·4H2O4163591771682
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O184163591771684286
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]41635917716815
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)416359277168,7716927770
Chistyakovaite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(AsO4)2F·6.5H2O4163591771681
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)416359177168363
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS41635917716824243
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O41635917716842
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O416359177168443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O416359177168182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24163591771685800
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O41635917716813
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3416359177168511
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O416359177168428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS241635917716839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2416359277168,7716961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS416359177168712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4163591771681153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS41635917716821482
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O416359277168,771698
Trögerite  (*)Natroautunite(H3O)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O41635917716822
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O416359177168245
Uramarsite  (*)Meta-autunite(NH4)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O4163591771683
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24163591771682718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O416359177168890


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00160416359 ?-? Host rock     Betpakdalite-CaCa, MolybdeniteMo18440Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan Chukanov et al. (2006)10.1134/S1028334X06020310DES407_290 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070024Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R070024
R061122Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R061122
R070046Basaral Occurrence, Bota-Burum U Deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R070046

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