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Locality Name:
Ergani Mine, Ergani (Arghana; Osmaniye; Erganiosmaniye), Diyarbakir Province, South-Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

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

mindat Locality ID: 28095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ergani Mine, Ergani (Arghana; Osmaniye; Erganiosmaniye), Diyarbakir Province, South-Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°16'59"N
Longitude: 39°45'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.283055555556,39.766388888889

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Digenite	Ilvaite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cattierite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Digenite Ilvaite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Valleriite Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100	66	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	100	66	2162
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	100	66	246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	100	66	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100	66	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	66	27770
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	100	66	30
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	66	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	100	66	3902
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	100	66	82
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	100	66	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	100	66	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	100	66	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	100	66	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	66	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	66	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	66	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	66	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	100	66	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	100	66	197
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	100	66	249
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	66	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	100	66	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	66	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	66	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	66	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	100	66	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	100	66	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	66	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	100	66	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	100	66	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	66	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	100	66	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	66	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	100	66	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	66	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100	66	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	100	66	237

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-00958	100	66	Upper Cretaceous											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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