Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lukhumi As Deposit (Luchumi As Deposit), Mestia-Racha District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4

mindat Locality ID: 23559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lukhumi As Deposit (Luchumi As Deposit), Mestia-Racha District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°47'33"N
Longitude: 43°19'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.7925,43.318333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Nowackiite	Orpiment
Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Aktashite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Wakabayashilite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Li O S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Li O S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Kaolinite Marcasite None Nowackiite Orpiment
Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	5	4	22
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	4	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	4	27770
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	5	4	181
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	4	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	4	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	4	5674
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	5	4	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	4	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	4	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	5	4	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	4	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	4	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5	4	3418
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄	5	4	16

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
	DeepDive-Co-0053	5	4	5-4	K-Ar	age of the quartz veins in the Mestia-Racha district					Yes				193991	Mestia-Racha District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia	Mestia-Racha district	Kekelia et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.04.003	OGR34_369	age of the quartz veins in the Mestia-Racha district

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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