Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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Bolshoi Espe And Malyi Espe

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Occurrence number: 
084-00-051
Country: 
Kazakhstan
Location: 
Longitude: 81.45, Latitude: 48.15
Carbonatite: 
No

These two adjacent bodies, of about 4 km2 and 2 km2, are both stock-like in form and both are composed of albite-riebeckite granites of a range of grain sizes.

Age: 
Whole rock K-Ar determinations indicated 247 Ma (Ermolov et al., 1988).
References: 

ERMOLOV, P.V., VLADIMIROV, A.G. and TIKHOMIROVA, N.I. 1988. The petrology of silica oversaturated agpaitic alkaline rocks. Nauka, Novosibirsk. 86 pp.

Map: 
Fig. 2_85. Relationship of the Biesimas (1), Iisorskii (2), Bolshoi Espe (3) and Malyi Espe (4) intrusions (from Geological Map of the USSR, 1960. Sheet M-43-XXXIV, 1:200,000). and Fig. 2_86. Bolshoi (northwest) and Malyi Espe (southeast) (after Ermolov et al., 1988, Fig. 6).
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