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Locality Name:
Okhangaron District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 309
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 305048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Okhangaron District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ablyk
Angren
Angren Coal Deposit
Kairagach Au Deposit (Kaygarach)
Kurgashinkan Mine
Sary Cheku Mine
Tekeli Cu Deposit

Latitude: 40°57'4"N
Longitude: 70°0'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.951111111111,70.014166666667
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparGermaniteJunoiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMelonite
MeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteUytenbogaardtite

73 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Birunite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemusite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hodrušite  (*)Huntite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Junoite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kawazulite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montbrayite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Nekrasovite  (*)
Nevskite  (*)Opal  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stibiocolusite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Tin  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS32852751294542315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2852752294542,2945458803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2852751294542489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62852751294542966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)30927012945441588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3092702294542,29454411547
Birunite  (*)EttringiteCa18(SiO3)8.5(CO3)8.5(SO4)·15H2O12945433
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi28527512945421966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32852752294542,2945451935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS328527512945421089
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe22852751294542361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)285275129454227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO228527512945425171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23092703294542,294544,29454527198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS22852751294542162
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2852751294542281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe2852751294542169
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161294543227
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S5285275129454218
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212945439895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS22852751294542246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12945458173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS42852751294542163
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2285275129454240
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3092702294542,29454424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu285275129454230554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13285275129454272
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33092702294544,29454514640
Hemusite  (*)SphaleriteCu1+4Cu2+2SnMoS828527512945427
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2852751294542804
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S22285275129454228
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4129454369
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1294543341
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)16285275129454218
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42852752294541,2945425591
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se285275129454232
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4285275129454282
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4285275129454221
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe82852751294542111
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3285275129454230
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42852751294542198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4309270129454414899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi285275129454288
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1294543770
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8285275129454292
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23092702294544,2945455800
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)38285275129454219
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2309270129454417380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3285275129454267
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S16285275129454211
Nevskite  (*)TetradymiteBi(Se,S)28527512945426
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12945432994
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22852751294542409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23092703294542,294544,29454539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812945459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2285275129454261156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4285275129454264
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12945416417
Silver  (*)CopperAg28527512945425186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3092702294542,29454421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42852752294542668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12285275129454280
Stibiocolusite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13V(Sb,Sn,As)3S1628527512945424
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)285275129454292
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S285275129454213
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42852751294542337
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te3285275129454229
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe2852751294542190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2852751294542510
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1294543183
Tin  (*)NoneSn285275129454263
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2285275129454246
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2285275129454264


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000172Bel'tau-Kurama volcano-plutonic belt, where well-conserved pre-Tertiary porphyry Cu-Au and epithermal Au and Ag deposits were identified.


4 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
Giersdorf_00000172285275280±5K-Ar and Rb-Sr      Au2813Kairagach Au Deposit (Kaygarach), Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanKairagach depositKovalenker, et. al (2004) IGCPEA486_239Kairagach Mineralization
Alexandra-0337309303306 ± 3 Age of granodiorite-porphyry 415001   Au206169Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanSary-ChekuSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
Alexandra-0338300294297 ± 3 Age of granite 415000    206169Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanSary-ChekuSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
PorphCu-00374309270309–270      Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206169Sary Cheku Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent, UzbekistanSarychekuSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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