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Akchatau Mine, Akchatau (Aqshatau ; Akschatau; Akchataul), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Creedite
Akchatau Mine, Akchatau, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan

Photo: Mike Haritos
Latitude: 47°58'52"N
Longitude: 74°3'22"E
Акчатау, Карагандинская область, Казахстан

Tungsten deposit, discovered in 1936 and mined since 1941.

References

- Gavrilenko, V.; Morozov, M.; Kempe, U. ; Smolenskiy, V. & Wolf, D. (1997): Unusual REE distribution patterns in fluorites from Sn-W deposits of the quartz-cassiterite and-quartz-wolframite type. Conference abstracts MAEGS-10 Section 3, Journal of Geosciences 42 (3), p 36
- Werner, A.B.T., Sinclair, W.D., and Amey, E.B. (1998): International Strategic Mineral Issues Summary Report - Tungsten. US Geological Survey Circular 930-O.
- Chen Xuanhua, Qu Wenjun, Han Shuqin, Seitmuratova, E., Yang Nong, Chen Zhengle, Zeng Fagang, Du Andao, and Wang Zhihong (2010): Re-Os geochronology of Cu and W–Mo deposits in the Balkhash metallogenic belt, Kazakhstan and its geological significance. Geoscience Frontiers 1(1), 115-124.

Mineral List

Aikinite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
Creedite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Friedrichite
Galena
Gladite
Hammarite
Krupkaite
Lindströmite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Pekoite
Pyrite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Scheelite
Sphalerite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Wolframite


33 entries listed. 26 valid minerals.

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