Kazakhstan

This is a comprehensive list of alkaline localities in Kazakhstan, mostly, but not only (don´t underestimate me !), taken from the Woolley book (see below), generously given to me for 3 months by Peter G.Seroka - many thanks ! Btw - the information not from the book is from P.G.Seroka himself. The mineral lists are certainly incomplete.

Kundzinskii: 2.5km². Solvbergites. Aegirine, biotite, orthoclase, riebeckite.

Ubaganskii West: 2.5km². Solvsbergites. Aegirine, biotite, fluorite, magnetite, orthoclase, riebeckite.

Barchinskii: 4.3x0.4km. Pyroxenites, alkaline gabbroids, pulaskite, nepheline syenite, carbonatite. Aegirine, apatite grp., augite, baddeleyite, calcite, diopside, feldspar grp., forsterite, magnetite, perovskite,phlogopite, spinel, zircon.

Karly-Kul´skii: 2.5x0.8km. Clinopyroxenites, shonkinites, alkali syenite dykes. Apatite grp., biotite, feldspar grp., olivine.

Krasnimaiskii: 6.3km². Pyroxenites, nepheline syenites, other syenites, carbonatite a.o., pegmatite veins. Albite, apatite grp., biotite, fluorite, nepheline, orthoclase, sodalite, zeolite grp.

Pavlovskii: 4km dyke. Pyrpxenite, syenites, nepheline syenite. Apatite grp., cancrinite, lepidomelan, nepheline, zeolite grp.

Kosistekskii: 60km². Granoyenite, alkaline granites, nepheline syenites. Albite, nepheline, sodalite.

Damdysaiskii: 30km². Shonkinitesm peridotites. Apatite grp., ugite, barkevikite, biotite, bronzite, ilmenite, magnetite, orthoclase, titanite.

Shinsaiskii: 7.5x2.5km. Pyroxenites, peralkaline syenites. Aegirine-augite.

Ishimskii: Tephrites, porphyries, tinguaite, monzonites, essexite, syenites, nepheline syenite. Aegirine-augite, allanite, amphibole grp., analcime, apatite grp., biotite, cancrinite, corundum, feldspar grp., fluorite, garnet grp., hastingsite, nepheline, plagioclase, titanite, zircon.

Kentaldykskii: 9x11km. Peridotites, pyroxenites, nepheline syenites, shonkinites, essexites.

Karasyrskii: Different syenites, nepheline syenites. Aegirine, albite, ferrohastingsite.

Borsuksai: 50km². 5 stages: syenites, pegmatites, aplites, syenite porphyry, finally granites and granite pegmatites. Aegirine, albite, allanite, ancylite, andradite, bastnaesite, biotite, britholite, calcite, cancrinite, columbite, fluorite, hastingsite, lessingite, microcline, monazite, muscovite, natrolite, nepheline, oligoclase, pyrochlore, riebeckite, rutile, sodalite, thorite, titanite, zircon, „sulfides“.

Zhusalinskii: 2 small massifs of alkaline gabbroids, shonkinite, essexite.

Karsakpai: 6x4km, concentric ring structure. Syenites, nepheline syenite, monzonite, urtite. Albite, allanite, apatite grp., baddeleyite, nepheline, thorite, titanite, zircon.

Zhilanda and Kulan: Monzonite, peralkaline syenites.

Daubabinskoe: Volcanic sequences. Trachyn

basalts, tuffs, lavas, breccias, tephrite, leucitite, phonolite, trachyte.

Kaindy: Stock of alkaline pyroxenites, monzonite, syenites, pegmatites, nepheline syenites.

Irisu: 25km. Basalts, leucitite, porphyrys, phonolite, pyroxenite, monzonite, shonkinite, syenites, nepheline syenite. Amphibole grp., analcime, apatite grp., augite, biotite, diopside, feldspar grp., fluorite, magnetite, melanite, nepheline, plagioclase, titanite, zeolite grp..

Elinovskii: 400x50m. Riebeckite granite, peralkaline alaskaite. Riebeckite.

Askatinskii: Peralkaline granites stock. Biotite, riebeckite.

Maiorskii: Peralkaline granite. Beiotite, riebeckite.

Shanshal´skii: 30km². Peralkaline granites, dykes of peralkaline porphyry. Albite, allanite, anatase, apatite grp., arfvedsonite, barite, biotite, fluorite, galena, ilmenite, microcline, monazite, quartz, pyrite, riebeckite, rutile, schellite, thorite, titanite, topaz, wulfenite, zircon.

Berkutinskii: 6km² stock. Peralkaline syenites, granosyenites, granites.

Berkuty Dyke Field: 12x4km of dykes. Syenites. Aegirine, arfvedsonite, cancrinite, fluorite, nepheline, riebeckite, sodalite.

Birdzhankol´skii: 1km² stock. Peralkaline syenites, granosyenites, nepheline syenite. Aegirine, albite, apatite grp., arfvedsonite, cancrinite, fluorite, garnet grp., hastingsite, ilmenite, lepidomelane, magnetite, melanite, nepheline, titanite, zircon.

Karatal´skii: 2x1km stock. Peralkaline syenites, nepheline syenites, porphyrys, aplites, pegmatites. Feldspar grp., hastingsite, nepheline, sodalite.

Tleumnetskii: 175km². Riebeckite granites, syenites, granosyenties, porphyry. Albite, allanite, anatase, apatite grp., arfvedsonite, barite, biotite, chlorite grp., columbite, fluorite, galena, granet grp., monazite, pyrite, riebeckite, rutile, scheelite, thorite, titanite, topaz, wulfenite, zircon.

Zhil´tauskii: 12km² stock. Peralkaline granites, peralkaline syenites, quartz syenite porphyries. Aegirine, albite, anatase, anorthoclase, apatite grp., arfvedsonite, fluorite, garnet grp., hastingsite, ilmenite, kaolinite, monazite, quartz, titanite.

Polumesyats: 1km². Riebeckite granites, peralkaline granosyenites. Allanite, arfvedsonite, fluorite, monazite, riebeckite, thorite, zircon.

Berkuty South: 11km². Riebeckite granites. Allanite, arfvedsonite, fluorite, monazite, riebeckite, thorite, zircon.

Akbiik: 18x4km. Riebeckite and aegirtine granites. Aegirine, biotite, riebeckite.

Kyzyl-Char: Riebeckite granite. Biotite, feldspar grp., quartz, riebeckite.

Kainarskii: 100km².Peralkaline and ribeckite granites. Aegirine, biotite, riebeckite.

Kshi-Orda: 10km², partial ring structure. Syenites, nepheline syenite, monzonites. Aegirine, hastingsite, nepheline.

Korgantas: 10x4km. Peralkaline granite.

Keregetas: 9x0.8km. Alkaline granites. Aegirine, astrophyllite, biotite, riebeckite, zircon.

Manrak: 1.5x3km. Microgranite porphyry. Aegirine, feldspar grp., quartz, riebeckite.

Bolektas: 4.6x0.5km dyke. Riebeckite granites- Biotite, riebeckite.

Kandygatai: 22km². Riebeckite granites. Apatite grp., astrophyllite, columbite, riebeckite, zircon.

Akkoitas: 9x4km sill. Alkaline granites. Aegirine, biotite, riebeckite.

Kurozekskii: Peralkaline granites.

Koksalinskii: 15km². Alkaline granites. Aegirine, biotite, hastingsite, riebeckite.

Arsalan: 25km². Alkaline granites. Aegirine, riebeckite.

Donenzhal: 15km². Alkaline granites, syenites, bostonite. Aegirine, biotite, muscovite, riebeckite.

Batpak: 30km². Peralkaline quartz syewnites. Aegirine, albite, allanite, apatite grp., biotite, fluorite, ilmenite, magnetite, monazite, oligoclase, perthite, quartz, riebeckite, rutile, thorite, titanite, zircon, zirkelite.

Kalgutinskii North: 30km². Syenites, granosyenites.

Kalgutinskii South: 6km². Syenites. Aegirine, albite, apatite grp., magnetite, microcline, oligoclase, riebeckite, titanite, zircon.

Iisorskii: 7.5km². Peralkaline granite. Annite riebeckite.

Biesimas: 17km². Riebeckite granites, pegmatites, aplite. Aegirine, arfvedsonite, bastnaesite, fluorite, magnetite, thorite, zircon.

Bolshoi Espe and Malyi Espe: 4 and 2km² adjactent bodies/stocks. Alkaline granites. Albite, riebeckite.

Bakanasskaya: 30km in diameter, 3 suites. Comendite, peralkaline granite, granosyenties, alaskitic granites. Aegirine, apatite grp., arfvedsonite, feldspar grp., fluorite, quartz, titanite.

Talgarskii: 100km². Alkaline granites and leucogranites. Hastingiste, riebeckite.

Tarbatagai: Alkaline pegmatites. Aegirine, microcline, nepheline, quartz.

Kent-Massif: Riebeckite granites. Astrophyllite, bastnaesite-(Ce). fluorite, gagarinite-(Y), monazite-(Ce), pyrochlore, pyrophanite, riebeckite, synchysite-(Ce), zircon.

&Suggested reading:

Kogarko,L.N., V.A.Kononova, M.P.Orlova, A.R.Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 2: Former USSR. Chapman and Hall, London, 1995.

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