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Locality Name:
Bakibaba Mine, Küre Copper Deposits, Küre, Kastamonu Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 237746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bakibaba Mine, Küre Copper Deposits, Küre, Kastamonu 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
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldspar
KaoliniteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStannite
Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)20114508803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420114505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S42011450154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20114504165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S20114501027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20114508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20114507437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201145014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS42011450142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O320114505433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420114505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201145014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220114505674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820114509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20114506417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O420114501934
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1320114501803


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00974201145Jurassic        237746Bakibaba Mine, Küre Copper Deposits, Küre, Kastamonu Province, Black Sea Region, TurkeyKure (Bakibaba)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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