Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 320
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 57136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Taldybulak Prospect
Unnamed Copper Prospect (2)
Zhartas Prospect (Sorkuduk)
Zhilandy Group

Latitude: 48°8'53"N
Longitude: 67°40'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.148055555556,67.671666666667

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

2 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
sedcu-00491320320Carboniferous       Cu245306Zhartas Prospect (Sorkuduk), Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanSorkudukCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00485300300U. Carboniferous       Cu245304Karashoshak Mine, Zhilandy Group, Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, KazakhstanKarashoshakCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070087Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R070087
R070636Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R070636


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