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:
Zaysan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 326
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 303356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaysan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kyzylkain Cu Deposit

Latitude: 47°31'59"N
Longitude: 84°25'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.533055555556,84.416666666667

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.

Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Scheelite

Albite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Scheelite

14 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	326	299	1	77278	8803
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	326	299	1	77278	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	326	299	1	77278	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	326	299	1	77278	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	326	299	1	77278	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	326	299	1	77278	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	326	299	1	77278	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	326	299	1	77278	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	326	299	1	77278	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	326	299	1	77278	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	326	299	1	77278	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	326	299	1	77278	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	326	299	1	77278	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	326	299	1	77278	4894

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-00605	326	299	Middle–Late Carboniferous									Albite, Atacamite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite	Cu	208348	Kyzylkain Cu Deposit, Zaysan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Kyzylkain	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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