Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Istala Zn-Pb-Cu Deposit, Gümüşhane Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

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

mindat Locality ID: 126577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126577.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

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

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	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Anilite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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 C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	100	66	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	100	66	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	66	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	66	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	100	66	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	100	66	1027
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	100	66	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	66	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	100	66	12537
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	100	66	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	66	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	100	66	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	66	21482
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	100	66	70

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
	vms-00966	100	66	Upper Cretaceous											126577	Istala Zn-Pb-Cu Deposit, Gümüşhane Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Kalkanli	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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