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Locality Name:
Karatau Range, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 2208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karatau Range, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aksumbe
Bayzhansay (Baidzhansay)
Berkara Mts
Koskul' V Occurrence
Osobyi Uchastok V Occurrence
Ran River Valley
Taldyk

Latitude: 43°44'51"N
Longitude: 68°46'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.7475,68.779166666667
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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F H K O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalcioferriteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClayCyanotrichite
DiasporeFluoriteGypsumHewettiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStraczekiteVolborthite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Alvanite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankinovichite  (*)
Barnesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bokite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernykhite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Delvauxite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kazakhstanite  (*)Kurumsakite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Minyulite  (*)Mitryaevaite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)
Patrónite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rusakovite  (*)
Satpaevite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Steigerite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Vanalite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O177579470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6177579966
Alvanite  (*)ChalcoalumiteZn2+Al4(V5+O3)2(OH)12·2H2O377579,77586,775874
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3723471775812734
Ankinovichite  (*)ChalcoalumiteNiAl4(V5+O3)2(OH)12·2H2O1775792
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O17757915
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)372347277579,7758111547
Bokite  (*)Straczekite(Al,Fe)1.3(V5+,V4+,Fe3+)8O20·7.5H2O277579,7758610
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O277579,7758688
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1775791184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3723471775814979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS237234717758127198
Chernykhite  (*)Mica ClayBaV2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2377579,77583,775846
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O17757979
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63723470310
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O17757941
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23723471775819617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS37234717758124243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3177579504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1775797437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1775796890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O17757958
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61775792228
Kazakhstanite  (*)NoneFe3+5V4+3V5+12O39(OH)9·9H2O277579,775866
Kurumsakite  (*)NoneZn8Al8V5+2Si5O35·27H2O (?)1775793
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23723471775815674
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O17757956
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O372347031
Mitryaevaite  (*)NoneAl5(PO4)2[(P,S)O3(OH,O)]2F2(OH)2·14.5H2O1775872
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O17758744
Patrónite  (*)NoneVS41775878
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS237234717758139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21775793106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2277583,7758461156
Rusakovite  (*)None(Fe,Al)5(VO4)2(OH)9·3H2O1775792
Satpaevite  (*)NoneAl12(V4+,V5+)8O37·30H2O (?)277579,775863
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS37234717758121482
Steigerite  (*)NoneAl(VO4)·3H2O277579,7758610
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS417757948
Vanalite  (*)NoneNaAl8V10O38·30H2O1775792
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O177579155


1 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
sedznpb-00287372347Late Devonian –Early Carboniferous (Famennian–Tournaisian)        221306Bayzhansay Mine, Bayzhansay (Baidzhansay), Karatau Range, Turkistan Region, KazakhstanBayzhansaySinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061117Kurumsak V Deposit, Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstanhttps://rruff.info/R061117

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