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Locality Name:
Cha Khaton Open Pit (Chah Khatoon Open Pit), Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), 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: 28814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cha Khaton Open Pit (Chah Khatoon Open Pit), Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, 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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteFeldsparMarcasiteNickelineNone
OrpimentQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)626008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS626009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6260027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26260027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS626004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S626001027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6260024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6260030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2626005674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S362600511
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8626009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26260061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS62600712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6260021482



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
Bradley_2012_039626061±1Ar/Ar amphibole  Yes  28816Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, IranMuteh Gold dep.McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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