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Locality Name:
Fars, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 108706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fars, Iran": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bidgol Deposit
Firuzabad County
Shiraz County

Latitude: 30°19'20"N
Longitude: 53°6'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.322222222222,53.110555555556

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Böhmite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diaspore Gypsum Lepidocrocite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Turquoise Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	67254	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	299	252	1	67262	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	299	252	1	67262	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	299	252	1	67262	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			1	67254	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	299	252	2	67254,67262	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	299	252	1	67262	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	299	252	1	67262	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	299	252	2	67261,67262	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	67254	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	299	252	1	67261	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	67254	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	299	252	1	67262	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	299	252	1	67261	802
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	67254	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	299	252	1	67262	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	252	2	67261,67262	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	299	252	2	67254,67261	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	299	252	1	67262	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	299	252	0		1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	299	252	3	67254,67261,67262	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	299	252	1	67261	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	299	252	2	67261,67262	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	299	252	2	67261,67262	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	299	252	1	67261	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	252	3	67254,67261,67262	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	299	252	1	67261	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	299	252	2	67254,67261	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	299	252	2	67254,67261	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	299	252	1	67261	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	252	2	67261,67262	21482
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	299	252	1	67261	484

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
	sedexmvt-00161	299	252	Late Permian		host rock age									205079	Kuh-e-Surmeh Zn-Pb Deposit, Shiraz, Shiraz County, Fars, Iran	Kuh-e-Surmeh	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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