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Locality Name:
Ushkatyn Deposits (Ushkatan), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 304086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ushkatyn Deposits (Ushkatan), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ushkatyn No. 1 Deposit

Latitude: 48°22'0"N
Longitude: 70°21'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.366666666667,70.366388888889
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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAxiniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumNoneOlivine
PyrosmaliteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Franklinite  (*)
Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Kentrolite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Schallerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)237235917735988
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)37235917735911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)37235917735927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS237235917735927198
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O437235917735952
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1037235917735940
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS37235917735924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O337235917735914640
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4372359177359172
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)37235917735922
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O437235917735914899
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)372359177359186
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)837235917735925
Schallerite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+16As3+3Si12O36(OH)173723591773598
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS37235917735921482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)372359177359240


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
sedznpb-00297372359Late Devonian (Famennian)        7233Ushkatyn No. 1 Deposit, Ushkatyn Deposits (Ushkatan), Karazhal, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanUshkatyn ISinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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