Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 448
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 50092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ak-Tyuz Ore Field
Jerooy Gold Mine (Dzherui Gold Mine)
Karakol Ore District
Talas Silver District
Tallas Alatan
Uzun-Tashty

Latitude: 42°34'39"N
Longitude: 74°15'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.5775,74.263611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cylindrite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cylindrite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Löllingite Marcasite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(Y) ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*
Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hocartite ()*	Huttonite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natanite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77954	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	448	400	4	77949,77950,77954,77957	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	77961,77962	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			2	77961,77964	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	448	400	4	77957,77961,77962,77964	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	448	400	3	77957,77959,77961	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	77948	304
Bastnäsite-(Y) ()*	Bastnäsite	Y(CO₃)F			1	77951	10
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)			1	77949	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	77949	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	77949	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	77961,77964	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	77961,77962	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	77962	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			2	77961,77962	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	77954,77959,77961,77962	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			4	77948,77951,77962,77964	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	448	400	6	77954,77955,77957,77959,77961,77962	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂			1	77961	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	77964	2600
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	448	400	2	77954,77957	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	448	400	6	77948,77949,77951,77957,77961,77962	9617
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9			1	77964	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	448	400	6	77955,77957,77959,77961,77962,77964	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	77949	60
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	448	400	3	77952,77955,77957	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS			1	77961	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	77954	14640
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄			1	77966	31
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)			1	77948	37
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			2	77961,77962	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	448	400	2	77954,77957	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			2	77961,77962	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	77954,77962	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	77964	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	77954	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O			1	77949	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	448	400	3	77948,77951,77957	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	77948	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	448	400	1	77957	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	448	400	5	77951,77954,77957,77959,77962	17380
Natanite ()*	Perovskite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆			1	77966	14
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	77949	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	448	400	7	77954,77955,77957,77959,77961,77962,77964	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	77961,77962,77964	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	448	400	8	77952,77954,77955,77957,77959,77961,77962,77964	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	77962	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	77959,77961,77962,77964	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	77964	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	448	400	4	77957,77961,77962,77964	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			2	77962,77964	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	77961,77962	3418
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F			1	77948	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F			1	77948	55
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			4	77959,77961,77962,77964	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	77948,77951	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	448	400	1	77957	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	77967	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	77962	297
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	77964	372
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	77948	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	77948,77951	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00105	448	400	440±8 – 400									Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite	Cu	47606	Taldy-Bulak Cu-Au Deposit (Levoberezhnyy), Karakol Ore District, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan	Taldy-Bulak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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