Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Keban, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 194130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keban, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Firat River
Keban Mine
Kebandere
Zereyandere

Latitude: 38°48'0"N
Longitude: 38°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.8,38.75

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Valleriite	Wollastonite

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Valleriite Wollastonite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Descloizite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Valleriite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	116606	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	116606	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	116606	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	116606	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	116606,116607,116608	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	116606	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	116606	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	116606,116607	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	116605,116606	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	116606	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	116606	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	116606	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	116606,116607,116608	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	116608	285
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	116606,116607,116608	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	116605	599
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	116606	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	116606	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	116606	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	116606	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116606	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	116605,116608	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	116607	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	116606	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	116607	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	116606	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	116605,116606,116607,116608	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	116606	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	116606	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	116606	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	3	116605,116606,116608	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	116606	762
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	116608	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	116606,116607,116608	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	116606	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	116606,116607	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	116606	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116606	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	116606	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	116606	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	116606,116607,116608	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	116605,116606	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	116606	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	116606,116607	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	116606	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	116606	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	116607	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	116606	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	116606	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	116606	1803
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	116607	237
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	116606	605
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	116606	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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