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Locality Name:
Āhangarān Pb-Ag Deposit, Malāyer, Hamadan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 223323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Āhangarān Pb-Ag Deposit, Malāyer, Hamadan, 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: Ag As Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeEnargiteMalachite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14510002793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)14510002734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)214510005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)145100011547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)14510004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2145100027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu14510003846
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41451000910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145100024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14510007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3145100014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O14510001689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4145100014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2145100012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145100039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814510009056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)14510006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS145100021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1314510005317



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
sedznpb-00239145100Early Cretaceous        223323Āhangarān Pb-Ag Deposit, Malāyer, Hamadan, IranĀhangarānSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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