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Locality Name:
Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.4

mindat Locality ID: 22827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Ayazmant Deposit
Ayvalık
Balya
Bandırma (Panderma)
Biga Peninsula
Bigadiç
Dursunbey
Egmir
Havran
Kepsut
Mumcu
Şamlı Deposit
Sindirgi
Susurluk

Latitude: 39°35'7"N
Longitude: 27°31'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.585277777778,27.53

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Uytenbogaardtite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 B Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cubanite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Jalpaite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Uytenbogaardtite Wurtzite Zircon

102 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barroisite ()*
Billingsleyite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Borax ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Empressite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Howlite ()*
Hydroboracite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Inyoite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lenaite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Mercury ()*	Meyerhofferite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Priceite ()*	Probertite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rivadavite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tertschite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Trona ()*	Tunellite ()*	Ulexite ()*
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	26.5	24.1	2	116637,116686	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	26.5	24.1	4	116633,116635,116637,116645	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	25	25	1	116678	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	116645,116647	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	116647	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	26.5	24.1	3	116637,116649,116682	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	116656	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	25	25	1	116678	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	116635	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	116656	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	116645,116647	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	116652	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	26.5	24.1	2	116637,116681	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	25	1	116678	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	116647	49
Billingsleyite ()*	None	Ag₇AsS₆			1	116686	11
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	26.5	24.1	1	116637	1966
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	116649	76
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	26.5	24.1	3	116635,116637,116678	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26.5	24.1	9	116633,116637,116645,116647,116656,116658,116662,116686,116689	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	116656	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	25	25	1	116678	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	116649	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26.5	22.4	6	116633,116635,116637,116678,116684,116686	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	116651,116681	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	116647	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	23.2	22.4	1	116684	966
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O			17	116649,116653,116655,116656,116657,116659,116660,116662,116663,116665,116666,116667,116668,116669,116670,116671,116689	144
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	23.2	22.4	2	116633,116684	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	25	1	116678	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	116682	453
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	116635	802
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			2	116662,116689	498
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	116649,116682	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	116635	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	26.5	24.1	2	116637,116652	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	25	25	1	116678	246
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe			1	116635	43
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	26.5	22.4	4	116635,116637,116647,116684	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	26.5	24.1	1	116637	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26.5	24.1	4	116635,116637,116678,116686	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	116645,116647	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	22.4	3	116635,116678,116684	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	25	5	116635,116649,116678,116681,116686	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	116635,116647	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			5	116656,116662,116665,116667,116689	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	26.5	22.4	4	116637,116676,116681,116684	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	116635	804
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	26.5	24.1	1	116637	66
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅			3	116656,116662,116689	36
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O			6	116652,116653,116656,116660,116663,116667	42
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄			1	116635	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	25	25	4	116645,116647,116678,116681	5433
Inyoite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O			3	116656,116660,116665	34
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	116686	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	26.5	24.1	1	116637	5591
Lenaite ()*	Chalcopyrite	AgFeS₂			1	116686	8
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	25	25	1	116678	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	26.5	22.4	7	116633,116635,116637,116645,116647,116678,116684	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	25	1	116678	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	26.5	24.1	1	116637	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄			1	116686	51
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	116651	397
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O			8	116656,116657,116658,116660,116662,116663,116665,116669	23
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	25	2	116635,116678	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	116656	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	26.5	24.1	7	116637,116645,116647,116656,116662,116678,116689	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	116635	192
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			2	116645,116647	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			4	116656,116662,116681,116689	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	26.5	24.1	3	116637,116649,116652	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	116635	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	116645,116647	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	25	25	2	116635,116678	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	116686	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	116635	1898
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O			7	116644,116656,116662,116666,116669,116671,116689	33
Probertite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₇(OH)₄·3H₂O			4	116653,116656,116663,116667	29
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26.5	24.1	6	116633,116635,116637,116678,116681,116686	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	26.5	24.1	1	116637	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	26.5	24.1	3	116635,116637,116678	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.5	24.1	10	116633,116637,116645,116656,116673,116675,116678,116679,116682,116686	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	26.5	24.1	2	116637,116652	712
Rivadavite ()*	None	Na₆Mg[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₄·10H₂O			1	116656	4
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	26.5	24.1	3	116637,116645,116647	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25	25	2	116676,116678	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	116686	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26.5	24.1	4	116635,116637,116678,116686	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	116686	586
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	26.5	22.4	0		446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	116649	3418
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	26.5	24.1	1	116637	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	26.5	24.1	2	116637,116678	1803
Tertschite ()*	None	Ca₄B₁₀O₁₉·20H₂O			2	116656,116662	2
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	26.5	24.1	2	116637,116678	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	26.5	24.1	1	116637	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	26.5	24.1	2	116633,116637	2562
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	116649	129
Tunellite ()*	None	SrB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O			4	116653,116656,116663,116667	12
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			12	116653,116655,116656,116657,116660,116662,116663,116665,116667,116669,116670,116671	160
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂			1	116686	46
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	26.5	24.1	1	116637	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
sedznpb-00433	26.5	24.1	25.3±1.2					19817	Balya, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey	Balya	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
PorphCu-00402	25	25				Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Muscovite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	206222	Tereoba Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Havran, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey	Tereoba	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
DeepDive-Co-0006	23.2	22.4	23.2-22.4	Ar-Ar	hornlende, biotite			266579	Bakırlık Hill, Şamlı Deposit, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey	Şamlı deposit	Yılmazer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.001	OGR57_191

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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