Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Only display mineral occurrences with a max age below: and a max age above:

Alternately, only display mineral occurrences without an age:

This page displays localities at which this mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the mineral at these localities.

Minerals queried: Kurgantaite

Jump to bottom of table

			Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	mindat ID	Locality containing Mineral	Country	Tectonic Settings	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference (Max Age)	Reference (Min Age)	Excel ID (Max Age)	Excel ID (Min Age)	Query Minerals	# of Query Minerals at Locality	Lat Deg	Lat Min	Lat Sec	Lon Deg	Lon Min	Lon Sec	Decimal Degree
		P	359	323	8188	Canada	Canada				CM40_1675	CM40_1675	Alexandra-0114	Alexandra-0114	Kurgantaite	1	53	20	27	-90	-3	-40	53.340833333333,-90.061111111111
		P	359	323	14309	New Brunswick, Canada	Canada				CM40_1675	CM40_1675	Alexandra-0114	Alexandra-0114	Kurgantaite	1	46	15	36	-66	-9	-27	46.26,-66.1575
		P	359	323	23912	Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Canada				CM40_1675	CM40_1675	Alexandra-0114	Alexandra-0114	Kurgantaite	1	45	42	43	-65	-34	-4	45.711944444444,-65.567777777778
		P	359	323	53350	Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Canada				CM40_1675	CM40_1675	Alexandra-0114	Alexandra-0114	Kurgantaite	1	45	44	3	-65	-20	-17	45.734166666667,-65.338055555556
		P	359	323	52077	Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Canada				CM40_1675	CM40_1675	Alexandra-0114	Alexandra-0114	Kurgantaite	1	45	45	15	-65	-25	-15	45.754166666667,-65.420833333333
MD		O	359	323	15934	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Canada		15934	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	CM40_1675	CM40_1675	Alexandra-0114	Alexandra-0114	Kurgantaite	1	45	45	15	-65	-25	-15	45.754166666667,-65.420833333333
					693	China	China								Kurgantaite	1	33	0	55	111	35	19	33.015277777778,111.58861111111
					16458	Tibet, China	China								Kurgantaite	1	30	24	30	90	34	1	30.408333333333,90.566944444444
					154545	Ngari, Tibet, China	China								Kurgantaite	1	32	1	5	82	55	34	32.018055555556,82.926111111111
					157163	Gê'gyai Co. (Geji Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China	China								Kurgantaite	1	32	18	43	82	20	50	32.311944444444,82.347222222222
MD					135335	Chagcam Caka (Zhacang Chaka), Gê'gyai Co. (Geji Co.), Ngari, Tibet, China	China								Kurgantaite	1	32	34	29	82	22	30	32.574722222222,82.375
		P	354	248	2207	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				PG4_1	PG4_1	Nina_509	Nina_509	Kurgantaite	1	48	17	30	68	49	45	48.291666666667,68.829166666667
		P	354	248	26002	Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				PG4_1	PG4_1	Nina_509	Nina_509	Kurgantaite	1	49	59	49	58	40	7	49.996944444444,58.668611111111
		P	354	248	303331	Shalkar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				PG4_1	PG4_1	Nina_509	Nina_509	Kurgantaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		P	354	248	214872	Aksai Valley, Shalkar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				PG4_1	PG4_1	Nina_509	Nina_509	Kurgantaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
MD		O	354	248	2211	Chelkar Salt Dome, Aksai Valley, Shalkar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan		2211	Chelkar Salt Dome, Aksai Valley, Shalkar, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan	PG4_1	PG4_1	Nina_509	Nina_509	Kurgantaite	1	47	49	0	59	37	0	47.816666666667,59.616666666667
		P	290	248	23977	Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				WOS1_23	WOS1_23	Michelle_386	Michelle_386	Kurgantaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		P	290	248	303335	Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				WOS1_23	WOS1_23	Michelle_386	Michelle_386	Kurgantaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		O	290	248	2217	Inder B Deposit And Salt Dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan		2217	Inder B Deposit And Salt Dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan	WOS1_23	WOS1_23	Michelle_386	Michelle_386	Kurgantaite	1	48	31	0	51	57	0	48.516666666667,51.95
MD					30805	Mt Kurgan-tau, Inder B Deposit And Salt Dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan								Kurgantaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
					14409	Russia	Russia								Kurgantaite	1	53	56	10	68	39	9	53.936111111111,68.6525
					14495	Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Kurgantaite	1	55	48	36	106	22	17	55.81,106.37138888889
MD					2743	Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Kurgantaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
					276712	Lower Tunguska, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Kurgantaite	1	59	1	48	108	0	0	59.03,108
					221159	Nepa River Basin, Lower Tunguska, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Kurgantaite	1	59	1	48	108	0	0	59.03,108
MD					5449	Nepskoe K Salt Deposit, Nepa River Basin, Lower Tunguska, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Kurgantaite	1	59	1	48	108	0	0	59.03,108

This mineral directly occurs at 6 localities (7 localities according to mindat, 26 localities if parents are counted as well)
Of the 6 localities at which this mineral occurs, 2 have an age. (14 of the 26 parent localities have ages)

MD	The mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
MD	The mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
	The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
	The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

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.

In order to zoom in/out on the map, you'll need to click inside the map first

If a locality has both a GPS coordinate, and either contains or has at least one child locality containing at least one of the minerals listed above, then this map displays a single marker for that locality.

This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (1 total)

This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (2 total)

This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (11 total)

This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)

This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (4 bottom-level + 8 top/mid-level = 12 total)

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...