Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 193483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Akarsen Deposit
Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb Deposit

Latitude: 41°14'51"N
Longitude: 41°34'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.2475,41.581666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melanterite	Meneghinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Gypsum Kaolinite Melanterite Meneghinite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	100	66	2	116406,116407	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	100	66	1	116405	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	66	1	116405	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	66	2	116404,116407	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	100	66	2	116406,116407	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	100	66	1	116407	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	66	1	116407	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	66	1	116407	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	80	80	1	116404	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	100	66	1	116407	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	66	1	116407	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	100	66	2	116406,116407	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	100	66	1	116407	5591
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	100	66	1	116407	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	80	80	0		915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	66	2	116406,116407	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	66	2	116404,116407	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	66	2	116406,116407	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	66	1	116407	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	100	66	1	116407	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	100	66	2	116406,116407	510

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00956	80	80	Upper Cretaceous		S	193484	Akarsen Deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Akarsen	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00959	100	66	Upper Cretaceous			9492	Cakmakkaya Mine, Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb Deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Anayatak-Cakmakkaya	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00958	100	66	Upper Cretaceous	Yes		28095	Ergani Mine, Ergani (Arghana; Osmaniye; Erganiosmaniye), Diyarbakir Province, South-Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Ana Yatak-Ergani	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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