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Locality Name:
Sungun Mine (Songun Mine), Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 205026
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205026.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sungun Mine (Songun Mine), Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°48'27"N
Longitude: 46°22'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.8075,46.371111111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	1588
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	23	5.3	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	23	5.3	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	23	5.3	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	5.3	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	23	5.3	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	23	5.3	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	23	5.3	2718

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
	PorphCu-00254	23	5.3	Miocene									Bismuthinite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Uraninite	Cu	205026	Sungun Mine (Songun Mine), Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan, Iran	Sungun	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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