Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 210
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 122261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Akhtala Deposit
Alaverdi Mine
Bunduk
Fioletovo
Garnasar
Shamlugh Deposit
Tandzut Deposit
Teghout Cu-Mo Deposit (Tekhut)

Latitude: 40°56'29"N
Longitude: 44°43'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.941388888889,44.722777777778

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Turquoise	Wurtzite
Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*	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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Analcime Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Turquoise Wurtzite
Zircon

50 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	170	136	3	3823,3824,3828	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	170	36	2	3825,3827	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	170	168	1	3827	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	121	121	1	3830	1588
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	1	3825	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	165	121	2	3824,3830	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	36	36	1	3825	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	121	121	1	3830	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	36	36	1	3825	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	170	136	1	3823	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	121	121	1	3830	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	170	136	3	3823,3824,3828	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	170	136	1	3823	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	170	136	3	3823,3824,3828	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	170	121	4	3823,3828,3829,3830	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	170	168	1	3829	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	170	168	1	3829	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	36	36	1	3825	4135
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	170	136	2	3824,3828	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	170	121	2	3829,3830	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	121	121	1	3830	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	170	121	4	3823,3824,3828,3830	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	121	121	1	3830	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	210	136	4	3823,3824,3826,3828	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	170	121	2	3829,3830	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	1	3825	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	121	121	1	3830	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	36	36	1	3825	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	170	121	2	3829,3830	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	170	168	1	3829	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	121	121	1	3830	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	121	121	1	3830	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	170	136	2	3823,3828	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	121	121	1	3830	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	170	121	2	3829,3830	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	170	168	1	3827	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	36	36	1	3825	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	170	168	1	3827	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	170	121	4	3824,3828,3829,3830	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	170	168	1	3829	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	170	168	1	3829	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	210	136	3	3823,3824,3828	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	170	121	5	3823,3824,3828,3829,3830	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	170	136	3	3824,3828,3829	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	170	136	4	3823,3824,3828,3829	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	170	121	2	3823,3830	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	36	36	1	3825	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	36	36	1	3825	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	121	121	1	3830	484
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	36	36	1	3825	5251

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
OGR58_185-00007	155.5	144.5	150±5.5	K-Ar				258495	Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Akhtala	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
OGR58_185-00008	146	136	141±5	K-Ar				258495	Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Akhtala	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
vms-00003	170	168	Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)					258495	Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Akhtala	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
OGR58_185-00004	210	145	Uncertain, possibly Jurassic					9790	Alaverdi Mine, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Alaverdi	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
vms-00004	165	165	Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)				S	9790	Alaverdi Mine, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Alaverdi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
ree-00016	36	36	36 Ma (K-Ar, whole rock)	K-Ar	whole rock			23620	Bunduk, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Bunduk	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
OGR58_185-00005	165	157	161±4	K-Ar				258499	Shamlugh Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Shamlugh	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
OGR58_185-00006	148	136	142±6	K-Ar				258499	Shamlugh Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Shamlugh	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
vms-00006	170	168	Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)					258499	Shamlugh Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Shamlug	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
PorphCu-00405	121	121	Early Cretaceous or Late Eocene			Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206294	Teghout Cu-Mo Deposit (Tekhut), Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Teghout	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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