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Locality Name:
Kurdistan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 108695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kurdistan, Iran": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Qandil Range
Qorveh County
Sagez (Saqqez)
Sari Gunay Au Deposit

Latitude: 36°24'12"N
Longitude: 45°29'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.403333333333,45.495

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar
Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67422	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	67427,67428,67429	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1	67425	73
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	67422,67428	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67422	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67425	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	67425	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	67422,67428	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	67422,67425,67428	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	67429	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67422	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	67422	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	67422,67425,67428	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	67422	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	67422,67425	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	67425,67427,67428,67429	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	67422	14640
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	67425	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67428	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	67422,67428	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	67422,67427,67428	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	67425,67429	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	67422,67425,67427,67428,67429	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	67425,67428	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	67422,67425,67428,67429	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	67425,67429	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	67422,67428	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	67425	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	67425,67429	3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	67422	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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