Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 210417
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210417.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, Iran": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chag Bagh Mine (Chah Bagh Mine)
Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine)

Latitude: 33°45'0"N
Longitude: 50°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.75,50.75

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Ca Fe Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Melonite
Mica Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

33 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	62	60	1	67314	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	62	60	2	67314,67315	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	62	60	1	67314	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	62	60	3	67313,67315,67316	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	62	60	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	62	60	0		11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	62	60	1	67314	1966
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	62	60	1	67314	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	62	60	3	67313,67315,67316	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62	60	1	67316	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62	60	3	67313,67315,67316	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	62	60	3	67313,67315,67316	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	62	60	3	67313,67315,67316	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	62	60	1	67314	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	67313	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62	60	2	67315,67316	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	62	60	1	67314	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	67313	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	62	60	3	67314,67315,67316	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	62	60	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	67313	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	62	60	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62	60	1	67314	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	62	60	2	67315,67316	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	62	60	2	67313,67314	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	62	60	2	67315,67316	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62	60	3	67313,67314,67316	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	62	60	2	67315,67316	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	62	60	3	67313,67315,67316	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	62	60	2	67315,67316	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	67313	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62	60	2	67315,67316	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	62	60	1	67314	2562

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
	Bradley_2012_039	62	60	61±1	Ar/Ar			amphibole							28816	Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, Iran	Muteh Gold dep.	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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