Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Covellite at Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 148.9Ma - 138Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
OGR58_185-00002	148.9	140.5				258531	Centralni East, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Mederer et al. (2014)	OGR58_185
PorphCu-00693	144	138		Actinolite, Albite, Ankerite, Bismuth, Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Emplectite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	146855	Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00693	144	138		Actinolite, Albite, Ankerite, Bismuth, Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Emplectite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	146855	Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00193	24	20			Cu	146855	Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00135	24	20		Calcurmolite	Mo	14725	Sokh-Karasu Area, Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Melkonyan and Akopyan (2006); Bagdasaryan et al. (1969)
OGR58_185-00001	162.57	160.99				258530	Centralni West, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Mederer et al. (2014)	OGR58_185
OGR58_185-00002	148.9	140.5				258531	Centralni East, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Mederer et al. (2014)	OGR58_185
OGR58_185-00003	156.93	155.35				258532	Shahumyan, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Mederer et al. (2014)	OGR58_185