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Locality Name:
Shieli, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 303419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shieli, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Balasauskandyk V Deposit

Latitude: 44°31'59"N
Longitude: 67°25'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.533055555556,67.416666666667

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na Ni O P S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousBaryteChalcoalumiteClayCyanotrichiteGypsumHewettiteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSpangoliteStraczekiteVolborthite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Alvanite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Barnesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bokite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chernykhite  (*)
Corvusite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kazakhstanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rusakovite  (*)Satpaevite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Steigerite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O177473470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6177473966
Alvanite  (*)ChalcoalumiteZn2+Al4(V5+O3)2(OH)12·2H2O1774734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6177473919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21774735509
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O17747315
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17747311547
Bokite  (*)Straczekite(Al,Fe)1.3(V5+,V4+,Fe3+)8O20·7.5H2O17747310
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O17747388
Chernykhite  (*)Mica ClayBaV2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)21774736
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O17747379
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O17747341
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3177473504
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1774736890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O17747358
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61774732228
Kazakhstanite  (*)NoneFe3+5V4+3V5+12O39(OH)9·9H2O1774736
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217747312537
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O17747356
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4177473369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217747361156
Rusakovite  (*)None(Fe,Al)5(VO4)2(OH)9·3H2O1774732
Satpaevite  (*)NoneAl12(V4+,V5+)8O37·30H2O (?)1774733
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O177473105
Steigerite  (*)NoneAl(VO4)·3H2O17747310
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O177473155



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