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Locality Name:
Efemçukuru Au Deposit, Izmir, Izmir Province, Aegean Region, Turkey


mindat Locality ID: 193925
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193925.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Efemçukuru Au Deposit, Izmir, Izmir Province, Aegean Region, Turkey": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alaniçidere Section
Kestanebeleni Tepe Section

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
EpidoteLepidocrociteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileSphalerite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11163299052
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2111632988
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2116329,11633027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22116329,11633027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11163298173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2116329,11633024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2116329,1163307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu111633030554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61116329741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111633014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1116330581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1116330770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22116329,11633039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211163303106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82116329,1163309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22116329,11633061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2116329,1163301711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2116329,116330969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211163295614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2116329,1163306417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11163292473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2116329,11633021482



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