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Locality Name:
Muruntau Mine, Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 297
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 47384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muruntau Mine, Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°28'59"N
Longitude: 64°34'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.483055555556,64.566666666667
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Th Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Th Ti U W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePavonite
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteUllmanniteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Dickite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S28622002793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)228622003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)28622008803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2862200489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS28622009052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi28622001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S328622001935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)286220027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2286220027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS28622002600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2862200966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2862200566
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42862200651
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF228622009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS286220024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu286220030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC28622002812
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S62862200113
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te32862200104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2862200804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O328622005433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S286220086
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se286220032
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS228622005674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)28622004924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS228622005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2286220017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2862200767
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S5286220072
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S828622001512
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3286220057
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2286220039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S828622009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2286220061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)28622004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS286220021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S328622003418
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32862200276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2862200510
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)28622001006
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)228622002562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe2862200100
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2862200293
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)28622005251


3 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
Alexandra-0325238234236 ± 2U–PbAge of porphyry dykezirconSG-10 YesZircon  224651Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, UzbekistanMuruntauSeltmann et al. (2011)10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.016JAES42_821 
Mo-00476297233 K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd    YesMolybdeniteMo224651Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan Kempe et al. (2001)10.1007/s001260100156MD36_379 
Hg-00097286220 Rb-Sr, Ar-Ar     CinnabarHg47384Muruntau Mine, Muruntau Ore Field, Zarafshan, Central Kyzylkum Region, Navoiy, Uzbekistan Wilde et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.3.633EG96_633 

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