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Locality Name:
Mugalzhar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 303330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mugalzhar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yubileinoe Gold Mine (Shekarbulak 2 Deposit)

Latitude: 48°55'28"N
Longitude: 58°40'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.924444444444,58.673333333333

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTetrahedriteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21771543419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21771542162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21771543092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1771549052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41771545516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217715427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1771542600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1771548173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17715424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17715430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317715414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31771545433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417715414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21771545800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217715417380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21771541898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217715439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217715461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21771545614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1771544894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17715421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31771543418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131771545317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1771545251



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