Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 446
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 16634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bayzak
Burultas Deposit
Jambyl
Korday
Merki
Moiynkum
Sarysu
Shu
Talas
Talas Alatau Range (Talas Ala-Too Range)
Turar Ryskulov
Zhualy

Latitude: 43°52'5"N
Longitude: 73°41'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.868055555556,73.699166666667

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.

Aluminite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Autunite	Baryte	Betpakdalite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hewettite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine
Pentlandite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Straczekite	Tridymite	Wavellite	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Autunite Baryte Betpakdalite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite
Carminite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hewettite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine
Pentlandite Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Straczekite Tridymite Wavellite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Aluminite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betpakdalite-NaCa ()*	Bokite ()*	Calcite ()*
Calcurmolite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Carminite ()*	Celsian ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Epidote ()*
Evansite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hewettite ()*
Iriginite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kazakhstanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Minyulite ()*	Mitryaevaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mourite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroboltwoodite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sedovite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Thorite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Umohoite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	340	340	1	77302	1022
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	340	340	1	77291	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	446	355	1	77305	8803
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	340	340	1	77308	78
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	340	340	2	77302,77303	295
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	416	359	1	77299	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	446	355	2	77299,77305	11547
Betpakdalite-NaCa ()*	Betpakdalite	[Na₂(H₂O)₁₇Ca(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₄(OH)₃]	416	359	1	77299	2
Bokite ()*	Straczekite	(Al,Fe)_1.3(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe³⁺)₈O₂₀·7.5H₂O	340	340	1	77308	10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	416	359	1	77299	27770
Calcurmolite ()*	None	(Ca_1-xNa_x)₂(UO₂)₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)_6-x·nH₂O	416	359	1	77299	10
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	340	340	1	77302	232
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	340	340	1	77308	88
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	340	340	1	77297	178
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	340	340	1	77291	100
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	446	355	1	77305	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	446	355	1	77305	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	340	340	1	77291	966
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	340	340	1	77308	310
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	446	355	1	77305	8173
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	340	340	1	77308	56
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	416	359	1	77299	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	446	340	3	77302,77303,77305	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	446	355	1	77305	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	416	359	1	77299	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	446	340	2	77297,77305	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	340	340	1	77308	121
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	416	340	2	77299,77308	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	446	355	1	77305	14640
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O	340	340	1	77308	58
Iriginite ()*	None	(UO₂)Mo⁶⁺₂O₇·3H₂O	416	359	1	77299	15
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	416	359	1	77299	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	340	340	1	77308	5591
Kazakhstanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₅V⁴⁺₃V⁵⁺₁₂O₃₉(OH)₉·9H₂O	340	340	1	77308	6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	446	355	1	77305	14899
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O	340	340	1	77308	31
Mitryaevaite ()*	None	Al₅(PO₄)₂[(P,S)O₃(OH,O)]₂F₂(OH)₂·14.5H₂O	340	340	1	77308	2
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	446	355	2	77299,77305	5800
Mourite ()*	None	(UO₂)(Mo⁶⁺)₅O₁₆·5H₂O	416	359	1	77299	2
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	446	355	1	77305	17380
Natroboltwoodite ()*	None	Na(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·H₂O	416	359	1	77299	2
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	416	359	1	77299	254
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	340	340	1	77302	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	416	359	1	77299	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	340	340	1	77291	1512
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	416	359	1	77299	182
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	416	359	1	77299	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	446	340	3	77291,77299,77305	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	340	340	1	77291	9056
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	340	340	1	77291	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	340	340	1	77291	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	340	340	2	77302,77303	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	340	340	1	77291	5614
Sedovite ()*	None	U⁴⁺(MoO₄)₂	416	359	1	77299	5
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	340	340	1	77302	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	446	355	1	77305	21482
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	340	340	1	77291	240
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	340	340	1	77303	1006
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	416	359	1	77299	628
Umohoite ()*	None	(UO₂)(MoO₄)·2H₂O	416	359	1	77299	16
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	416	359	1	77299	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	340	340	1	77308	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	340	340	1	77308	374
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	416	359	1	77299	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	340	340	1	77303	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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 ID
sedcu-00502	340	340	L. Carboniferous			Cu	16634	Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan	Dzhambul	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
Mo-00136	416	359		?-? Host rock	Calcurmolite, Ferrimolybdite, Iriginite, Jordisite, Molybdenite, Mourite, Powellite, Sedovite, Betpakdalite-NaCa, Umohoite, Wulfenite	Mo	14726	Kyzylsai Mo-U Deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Moiynkum, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan		Abakumov et al. (1993)	PTCV24_163
PorphCu-00602	446	355	446–355		Albite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	208341	Chatyrkul Cu Deposit, Shu, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan	Chatyrkul	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061135	Kyzylsai Mo-U Deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Moiynkum, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan	https://rruff.info/R061135
R070038	Kyzylsai Mo-U Deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Moiynkum, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan	https://rruff.info/R070038

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