Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sistan And Baluchestan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 108707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sistan And Baluchestan, Iran": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bazman Volcano
Fanouje City
Khash County
Zahedan (Zahidan; Zaidān; Dowzdāb; Duzdāb; Duzdāp)

Latitude: 28°59'3"N
Longitude: 60°39'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.984166666667,60.6625

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.

Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cuprospinel ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Iron ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Melanothallite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Sr Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Iron Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

43 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	67517	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	67520	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	67526	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃			1	67526	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	67526	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	67517	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	67517	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	67517	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	67517	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	67526	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	67517	2970
Cuprospinel ()*	Spinel	Cu²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0	0	1	67517	4
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	67517	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	67517	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	67517	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	67517	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	67517	30554
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS			1	67517	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	67517,67526	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	67517	804
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	67526	243
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	67517	180
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	67517	1089
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	67526	172
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	67517	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	67526	770
Melanothallite ()*	None	Cu₂OCl₂			1	67517	5
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	67517	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	67517	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67517	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	67517	192
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	67517	306
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67517	247
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	67526	260
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂			1	67517	158
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	67517	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	67517	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	67526	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	67517,67526	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	67517	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	67517	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	67517	1101
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	67526	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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