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Locality Name:
Gümüşhane Cu-Au Deposit, Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 37.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37.3

mindat Locality ID: 131133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131133.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gümüşhane Cu-Au Deposit, Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°10'30"N
Longitude: 41°51'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.175,41.852777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	37.3	37.3	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	37.3	37.3	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	37.3	37.3	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	37.3	37.3	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	37.3	37.3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	37.3	37.3	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	37.3	37.3	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	37.3	37.3	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	37.3	37.3	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	37.3	37.3	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	37.3	37.3	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	37.3	37.3	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	37.3	37.3	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	37.3	37.3	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	37.3	37.3	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	37.3	37.3	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	37.3	37.3	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	37.3	37.3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	37.3	37.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	37.3	37.3	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	37.3	37.3	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00150	37.3	37.3	37.3									Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	131133	Gümüşhane Cu-Au Deposit, Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Gümü?hane	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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