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Locality Name:
Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 311.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 285.13

mindat Locality ID: 145802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Darvoz
Dunkeldyksky Alkaline Complex
Dzhaambai Deposit
Kukurt River
Murghob
Pamir Silver District
Pyandzh River Valley
Rangkul' Highlands
Shughnon
Tusion River Valley

Latitude: 37°32'17"N
Longitude: 72°30'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.538055555556,72.510555555556
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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAramayoiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrucite
CalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCrichtoniteDanburiteDiasporeDjerfisheriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHellandite
HumiteKaoliniteKornerupineLöllingiteLillianiteMeliliteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePavonitePerettiitePerovskitePhenakitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSantiteSapphirineScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite
TalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineZircon

117 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Afghanite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aramayoite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Badakhshanite-(Y)  (*)Baryte  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boromuscovite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Danburite  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Ephesite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gedrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Hambergite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)Humite  (*)
Ixiolite  (*)Jeremejevite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Koragoite  (*)
Kornerupine  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lazurite  (*)Leucite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Matildite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Microsommite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Portlandite  (*)Prismatine  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramanite-(Cs)  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Sassolite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiocolumbite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tetrawickmanite  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tusionite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vladimirivanovite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611155201022
Afghanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl6111555525
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3287.53285.131115536315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)311.2300.65115530,115549,115550,115557,1155588803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311155432353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211155403092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)311.2300.611155301036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21115546718
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb287.53285.131115536363
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6287.53285.132115536,11554129
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS287.53285.134115536,115537,115538,1155419052
Badakhshanite-(Y)  (*)PerettiiteY2Mn4Al(Si2B7BeO24)11155251
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)287.53285.135115536,115539,115540,115541,11554911547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S12287.53285.13111553645
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18311.2300.63115530,115549,1155504286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi287.53285.1311155361966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3287.53285.134115536,115537,115538,1155411935
Boromuscovite  (*)MicaKAl2(Si3B)O10(OH)211155495
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3287.53285.133115536,115540,1155411089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)311.2300.67115530,115533,115540,115543,115549,115555,11555827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2287.53285.134115537,115549,115557,1155585171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2287.53285.135115536,115537,115539,115540,11554127198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2287.53285.132115536,115540162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2115539,1155402600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811155431756
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81115557181
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182115543,1155461008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3311.2300.611115524,115526,115527,115529,115530,115531,115532,115533,115543,115546,1155561797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5287.53285.131115536344
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O111552148
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O82115550,115558148
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38111555731
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8287.53285.132115536,115541126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4287.53285.132115536,115541651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63115533,115543,1155554135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl111552060
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2311.2300.63115530,115540,1155439895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)311.2300.64115530,115543,115545,115546648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3115549,115550,115558520
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2287.53285.131115536246
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61115543944
Ephesite  (*)MicaNaLiAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2311.2300.6111553021
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2115548,1155508173
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48287.53285.13111553654
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11155492740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2311.2285.137115520,115530,115536,115537,115538,115549,1155509617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11155431188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12287.53285.132115536,115541663
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)111552017
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS287.53285.134115536,115537,115540,11554124243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21115546178
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)311.2300.611155307437
Graphite  (*)NoneC311.2300.62115530,1155332812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS287.53285.131115536170
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6287.53285.131115536113
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)5115549,115550,115551,115557,11555881
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)1115555158
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)2111555818
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3287.53285.13111553614640
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2111555580
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O21115557148
Jeremejevite  (*)NoneAl6(BO3)5F32115550,11555715
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4111552049
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4311.2300.62115530,1155335591
Koragoite  (*)NoneMn2+2Mn3+Nb2(Nb,Ta)3W2O2011155572
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)22115543,11554668
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411155461507
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O111555537
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)1115520233
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2287.53285.131115537762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11155431487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4287.53285.13111553714899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2311.2300.61115530168
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2287.53285.132115536,115541252
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2287.53285.132115536,115541300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)287.53285.135115537,115549,115550,115557,1155584924
Microsommite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite[(Na,K)6(SO4)][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)]11155207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2311.2285.137115530,115533,115535,115537,115549,115550,11555717380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)111555078
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11155582349
Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)PyrochloreCa2Nb2O6O111554911
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1115540767
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31115520495
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)311.2300.61115530326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2311.2300.66115530,115533,115543,115545,115546,1155552273
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2111552051
Prismatine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Al,Fe)6Al4(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)22111554510
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3287.53285.132115536,1155411425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2311.2285.137115530,115536,115537,115539,115540,115541,11555539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8287.53285.133115536,115537,1155459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2287.53285.1311115536,115537,115539,115540,115541,115543,115546,115549,115550,115557,11555861156
Ramanite-(Cs)  (*)SantiteCsB5O6(OH)4·2H2O11155503
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2311.2300.64115530,115533,115543,1155465614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]3115543,115545,115546129
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)3111555031
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)287.53285.1311155374894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2115549,1155582705
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21287.53285.131115536165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)287.53285.134115536,115539,115540,1155416417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511155431516
Silver  (*)CopperAg287.53285.133115536,115540,1155415186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS287.53285.133115536,115537,11554021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O44115543,115544,115545,1155561934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4287.53285.133115536,115537,115541668
Stibiocolumbite  (*)NoneSbNbO4111555713
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3287.53285.132115536,1155413418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22115543,1155463337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13287.53285.134115536,115539,115540,1155415317
Tetrawickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)611155588
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2311.2300.61115530236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O311.2300.62115530,1155504899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2287.53285.134115523,115537,115549,1155501476
Tusionite  (*)NoneMn2+Sn(BO3)211155583
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22115543,1155452718
Vladimirivanovite  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa6Ca2[Al6Si6O24](SO4,S3,S2,Cl)2·H2O11155552
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1115545939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)311.2300.65115530,115543,115545,115546,1155575251


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
Alexandra-0297311.2300.6305.9 ± 5.3Rb–SrAge of Be-mineralizationbiotite, fluorite, k-feldsparR5/23, R6  Beryl, PhenakiteBe294080Snezhnoe Deposit, Rangkul, Murghob, Gorno-Badakhshan, TajikistanSnezhnoeYarmolyuk et al. (2011)10.1134/S1075701511040064GOD53_390 
Co-00101287.53285.13286.33Ar-Ar sericite    Co, As, Au207227Akjilga Ag-Sb Deposit, Bazardara Ore Cluster, Pamir Silver District, Gorno-Badakhshan, TajikistanAkdjilga-Chalkuiryuk Au–Co depositTretiakova et al. (2010)10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.012RGG51_1078 

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