Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Azerbaijan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.8

mindat Locality ID: 108713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Azerbaijan, Iran": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Piranshahr County
Poldasht County
Sardasht County
Takab (Takan Tepe)
Urmia County

Latitude: 36°22'52"N
Longitude: 46°23'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.381111111111,46.392777777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Ferdowsiite	Fluorite	Galkhaite	Garnet
Geocronite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lillianite	Madocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Nowackiite	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sartorite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Cl Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Tl U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar Ferdowsiite Fluorite Galkhaite Garnet
Geocronite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Löllingite Lillianite Madocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Nowackiite Orpiment Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sartorite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wurtzite Zircon

95 IMA Minerals at location:

Aktashite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenquatrandorite ()*	Azurite ()*
Barikaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baumhauerite ()*	Bayerite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Daliranite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferdowsiite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galkhaite ()*	Geocronite ()*
Getchellite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Guettardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hutchinsonite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Lautite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Lorándite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mansfieldite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Polhemusite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorodite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Silver ()*	Simonite ()*
Smithite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sterryite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Strengite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Trechmannite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Twinnite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	26.9	13.8	1	67577	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	67564,67576	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	16.5	10.8	1	67569	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	16.5	10.8	1	67569	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	67576	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	67573	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	26.9	13.8	1	67577	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	16.5	10.8	2	67569,67571	9052
Arsenquatrandorite ()*	Lillianite	Ag_17.6Pb_12.8Sb_38.1As_11.5S₉₆			1	67567	1
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	67562	5509
Barikaite ()*	Sartorite	Ag₃Pb₁₀(Sb₈As₁₁)_Σ19S₄₀			1	67567	1
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26.9	10.8	3	67567,67569,67577	11547
Baumhauerite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆	26.9	13.8	1	67577	15
Bayerite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	16.5	10.8	1	67569	15
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	16.5	10.8	1	67569	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	67571	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	67562	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	26.9	10.8	3	67567,67569,67577	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	67567	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26.9	10.8	3	67562,67569,67577	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	67562	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	67562	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26.9	13.8	3	67562,67571,67577	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	2600
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	26.9	13.8	1	67577	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	26.9	13.8	2	67562,67577	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	67562	802
Daliranite ()*	None	PbHgAs₂S₅	26.9	13.8	1	67577	1
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	26.9	10.8	3	67564,67569,67577	9895
Ferdowsiite ()*	Ferdowsiite	Ag₈(Sb₅As₃)S₁₆			1	67567	3
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	16.5	10.8	1	67569	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	26.9	13.8	1	67577	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26.9	10.8	5	67562,67567,67569,67571,67577	24243
Galkhaite ()*	Galkhaite Tetrahedrite	(Hg₅Cu)CsAs₄S₁₂	26.9	13.8	1	67577	13
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	26.9	10.8	3	67567,67569,67577	133
Getchellite ()*	None	SbAsS₃	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	19
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	16.5	10.8	1	67569	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	26.9	13.8	1	67577	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	26.9	10.8	5	67562,67567,67569,67571,67577	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	67562	2812
Guettardite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄			1	67567	13
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	26.9	10.8	3	67569,67576,67577	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	67578	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	26.9	13.8	1	67577	14640
Hutchinsonite ()*	None	TlPbAs₅S₉	26.9	13.8	1	67577	8
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	26.9	13.8	1	67577	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	26.9	10.8	5	67562,67569,67571,67576,67577	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	26.9	13.8	1	67577	230
Lautite ()*	None	CuAsS	26.9	13.8	1	67577	32
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	26.9	13.8	1	67577	762
Lorándite ()*	None	TlAsS₂	26.9	13.8	1	67577	15
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	67564	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	67562	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	67562	12537
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	16.5	10.8	1	67569	42
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	26.9	13.8	2	67562,67577	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	16.5	10.8	1	67569	915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	26.9	13.8	1	67577	255
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	67567	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	16.5	10.8	1	67569	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	67564	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	26.9	10.8	5	67562,67569,67571,67576,67577	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	67576	471
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	511
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	67581	2273
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	26.9	13.8	1	67577	100
Polhemusite ()*	Sphalerite	(Zn,Hg)S	16.5	10.8	1	67569	4
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	67567	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26.9	10.8	6	67562,67567,67569,67571,67576,67577	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67576	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	26.9	13.8	2	67562,67577	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.9	10.8	7	67562,67567,67569,67571,67572,67576,67577	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	26.9	13.8	2	67567,67577	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	26.9	10.8	4	67562,67569,67576,67577	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	1153
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃			1	67567	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	67562	5186
Simonite ()*	None	TlHgAs₃S₆	26.9	13.8	1	67577	2
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂			1	67567	11
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	67562	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26.9	10.8	5	67562,67567,67569,67571,67577	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	67567	586
Sterryite ()*	Madocite	Cu(Ag,Cu)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As)₂S₅₆			1	67567	6
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	26.9	10.8	6	67567,67569,67570,67572,67574,67577	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	16.5	10.8	1	67569	263
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	16.5	10.8	1	67569	589
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	67562,67571	5317
Trechmannite ()*	None	AgAsS₂			1	67567	7
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	16.5	10.8	1	67569	484
Twinnite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	16
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	26.9	13.8	1	67577	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	26.9	13.8	1	67577	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	26.9	10.8	2	67569,67577	5251

2 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
	Hg-00081	16.5	10.8		K-Ar								Cinnabar, Polhemusite	Hg	25139	Agh-Darreh Mine (Agdarreh Mine), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azerbaijan, Iran		Daliran (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0167-x	MD43_383
	Hg-00082	26.9	13.8		K-Ar, Ar-Ar								Aktashite	Hg	25142	Zareh Shuran Mine (Zarshuran Mine; Zarshouran Mine; Zarehehuran), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azerbaijan, Iran		Mehrabi et al. (1999); Daliran (2008)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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