Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kamysty, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318
Youngest recorded age at locality: 306

mindat Locality ID: 303405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303405.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Benkala Cu Deposit
Shaimerden Zn Deposit

Latitude: 51°52'32"N
Longitude: 62°0'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.875555555556,62.015

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	Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Valleriite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sauconite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Valleriite

33 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)	318	306	1	77446	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	318	306	2	77446,77447	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	318	306	1	77446	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	77447	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	318	306	1	77446	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	318	306	1	77446	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	318	306	1	77446	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	318	306	1	77446	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	318	306	1	77446	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	77447	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	318	306	1	77446	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	77447	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	318	306	1	77446	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	318	306	1	77446	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	318	306	1	77446	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	77447	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	318	306	1	77446	2228
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	77447	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	318	306	1	77446	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	318	306	1	77446	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	318	306	1	77446	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	318	306	1	77446	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	318	306	1	77446	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	318	306	1	77446	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	318	306	1	77446	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	318	306	1	77446	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	77447	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	318	306	1	77446	5614
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	77447	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	77447	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	77447	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	77447	21482
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	318	306	1	77446	237

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-00597	318	306	318–306									Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Goethite, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Valleriite	Cu	208335	Benkala Cu Deposit, Kamysty, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan	Benkala	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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