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Locality Name:
Denisov, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 292

mindat Locality ID: 303402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Denisov, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bataly Cu Deposit
Spiridonovskoye Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 52°36'29"N
Longitude: 61°47'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.608055555556,61.799722222222

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 K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyriteRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3102921774408803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3102921774409052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4310292277440,774415516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S310292277440,774415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2310292277440,7744127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS310292277440,774414165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3310292277440,77441802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)310292277440,774418173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310292277440,7744124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3102921774407437
Gold  (*)CopperAu31029217744030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O331029217744014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)310292177440581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O431029217744014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2310292277440,7744112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2310292277440,774415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2310292277440,7744117380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21774411898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2310292277440,7744139462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3102921774404894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310292277440,7744121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133102921774405317



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
PorphCu-00609310292310–292      Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, SphaleriteCu208392Bataly Cu Deposit, Denisov, Kostanay Region, KazakhstanBatalySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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