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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

metamorphic rocks, Thorium, Lead, sedimentary rocks, Uranium, chemical analysis, igneous rocks, geochronology, Uranium-Lead analysis, natural resource exploration, geochemistry

Other Subject Keywords

SEM-cathodoluminescence, Microbeam Laboratory, U-Pb, GGGSC, Laser-Ablation Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, USGS, exploration geochemistry, Igneous Zircon, geochemical data, Mineral Resources Program, MRP, Radiometric Dating, U.S. Geological Survey, LA-ICPMS, Detrital Zircon, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, rock chemistry

Place Keywords

Kuldjuktau, Navoiy, Uzbekistan, Auminzatau, Tien Shan, Kyzylkum Desert

U-Pb zircon geochronology and whole rock geochemistry data for Auminzatau and Kuldjuktau mountains, Kyzylkum desert, Uzbekistan

These U-Pb zircon geochronology and whole rock geochemistry data were collected as part of a bilateral campaign of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) with the Uzbekistan Ministry of Mining, Industry, and Geology (MinGeology; formerly GOSCOMGeology) to support a new quantitative/qualitative mineral resource assessment for tungsten, gold, rare-earth elements, graphite, and uranium in the Auminzatau and Kuldjuktau mountans of Uzbekistan. These mountains are located in the Kyzylkum desert in the westernmost part of the geologically complex and mineral resource-rich southern Tien Shan orogenic belt. Samples were collected by members of MinGeology in December of 2020 and by members of the USGS in April of 2022. Geochronology samples were analyzed at the USGS-Denver Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center (G3) Plasma Lab in 2022, and geochemistry samples were analyzed at SGS Canada in 2022.

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Author(s) Laura S Pianowski orcid, Christopher S Holm-Denoma orcid, Steven M Smith orcid, Cliff D Taylor orcid
Publication Date 2024-11-13
Beginning Date of Data 2020-12-01
Ending Date of Data 2023-12-01
Data Contact
Laura S. Pianowski
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ILRITQ
Citation Pianowski, L.S., Holm-Denoma, C.S., Smith, S.M., and Taylor, C.D., 2024, U-Pb zircon geochronology and whole rock geochemistry data for Auminzatau and Kuldjuktau mountains, Kyzylkum desert, Uzbekistan: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ILRITQ.
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Laura S. Pianowski
Metadata Date 2024-11-13
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