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Locality Name:
Zarmitan, North Nuratau Mts, Samarqand, Uzbekistan


mindat Locality ID: 47390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zarmitan, North Nuratau Mts, Samarqand, Uzbekistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Charmitan Mine (Zarmitan Mine)
Guzhumusai Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperFluoriteLillianiteNoneOwyheeite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Berthierine  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Joséite-B  (*)Maldonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Ourayite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12945102793
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1294510363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12945109052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2129451073
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4129451059
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12945101966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312945101935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111294510843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129451027770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12945101382
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S81294510126
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212945109617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121294510663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS31294510105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS129451024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2294510,29451130554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1294510170
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31294510104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1294510804
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141294510784
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S129451086
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi129451088
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21294510300
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S13129451024
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28129451089
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21294510409
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3129451057
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129451039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129451061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212945105614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12945104894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12945105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS129451021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312945103418
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31294510276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1294510510
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1294510100


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