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Locality Name:
Kuh-e-Surmeh Zn-Pb Deposit, Shiraz, Shiraz County, Fars, Iran

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

mindat Locality ID: 205079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuh-e-Surmeh Zn-Pb Deposit, Shiraz, Shiraz County, Fars, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)29925202734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)29925201588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)299252011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)299252027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)29925204979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S29925205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2299252027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS29925204165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)229925209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS299252024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O29925206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3299252014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4299252014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS229925205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299252039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS299252021482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00161299252Late Permian host rock age      205079Kuh-e-Surmeh Zn-Pb Deposit, Shiraz, Shiraz County, Fars, IranKuh-e-SurmehTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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