Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kerbulak, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 464
Youngest recorded age at locality: 380

mindat Locality ID: 303295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kerbulak, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Koksay Cu Deposit (Koksai)

Latitude: 44°27'0"N
Longitude: 78°25'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.45,78.432777777778

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Digenite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diaspore Digenite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

28 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	464	380	1	77181	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	464	380	1	77181	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	464	380	1	77181	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	464	380	1	77181	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	464	380	1	77181	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	464	380	1	77181	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	464	380	1	77181	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	464	380	1	77181	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	464	380	1	77181	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	464	380	1	77181	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	464	380	1	77181	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	464	380	1	77181	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	464	380	1	77181	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	464	380	1	77181	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	464	380	1	77181	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	464	380	1	77181	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	464	380	1	77181	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	464	380	1	77181	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	464	380	1	77181	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	464	380	1	77181	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	464	380	1	77181	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	464	380	1	77181	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	464	380	1	77181	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	464	380	1	77181	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	464	380	1	77181	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	464	380	1	77181	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	464	380	1	77181	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	464	380	1	77181	5317

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
	PorphCu-00600	464	380	464–380									Anhydrite, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cosalite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Digenite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	208339	Koksay Cu Deposit (Koksai), Kerbulak, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan	Koksai	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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