Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kotayk' Province, Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33

mindat Locality ID: 122260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kotayk' Province, Armenia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gyumush-Dzhraber-Fantan Obsidian Deposit
Hrazdan
Pambak Ore District
T'ezhsar Mountain

Latitude: 40°34'54"N
Longitude: 44°37'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.581666666667,44.625277777778

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	Analcime	Buckhornite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Tridymite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Buckhornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Empressite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Buckhornite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Tridymite

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	33	33	1	3820	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	39	37	1	3821	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	3818	489
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	33	33	1	3820	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33	33	1	3820	5516
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)			1	3818	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	3818	361
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33	33	1	3820	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33	33	2	3818,3820	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			1	3818	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33	33	1	3820	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	33	33	1	3820	2970
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe			1	3818	43
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33	33	1	3820	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	39	37	1	3821	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33	33	2	3818,3820	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33	33	1	3820	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	3818	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃			1	3818	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33	33	1	3820	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33	33	1	3820	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	3818	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	33	33	1	3820	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			1	3818	111
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	39	37	1	3821	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33	33	1	3820	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33	33	1	3820	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	33	33	1	3820	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33	33	1	3820	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	39	37	1	3821	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃			1	3818	67
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	39	37	1	3821	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	39	37	1	3821	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	3818	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33	33	2	3818,3820	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	3818	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	39	37	1	3821	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	33	33	1	3820	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33	33	2	3818,3820	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	3818	337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	3818	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	33	33	1	3820	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	33	33	1	3820	1101

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
	PorphCu-00408	33	33	33									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gypsum, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	206297	Ankavan Cu Deposit, Pambak Ore District, Kotayk' Province, Armenia	Ankavan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	ree-00018	39	37	37-39 Ma (K-Ar)	K-Ar										23621	T'ezhsar Mountain, Kotayk' Province, Armenia	Tezhsar	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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