Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Syunik' Province, Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162.57
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 122263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Syunik' Province, Armenia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Agarak Mine
Bargushatskii
Dastakert Cu Deposit
Elpinskii
Kafan District (Kapan)
Kajaran
Shikahogh Cu Deposit (Shikahoh)
Shvanidzorskii
Sisian (Sisavan; Karakilisa)
Zangezur Mountains

Latitude: 39°12'1"N
Longitude: 46°9'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.200277777778,46.155833333333

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte
Bismutite	Bournonite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite
Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite	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 Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte
Bismutite Bournonite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite
Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Scheelite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Wurtzite Zinkenite Zircon

92 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*
Altaite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calcurmolite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Colusite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Germanite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Renierite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Seligmannite ()*
Semseyite ()*	Silver ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Twinnite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zinkenite ()*	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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	144	20	1	3846	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	144	138	1	3846	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	40	37	2	3834,3850	1022
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	22	22	1	3835	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	144	22	4	3834,3835,3846,3850	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	3841,3852	489
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	3836	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	3834	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	3856	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	20	2	3846,3849	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	144	138	1	3846	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	42	37	2	3833,3852	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	144	20	4	3833,3835,3841,3846	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	40	37	1	3850	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	3841,3852	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	144	22	3	3833,3835,3846	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	42	37	1	3833	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	144	22	2	3835,3846	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	156.93	22	8	3833,3835,3838,3841,3843,3846,3849,3852	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	3852	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	3852	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40	37	3	3841,3850,3852	27770
Calcurmolite ()*	None	(Ca_1-xNa_x)₂(UO₂)₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)_6-x·nH₂O	24	20	1	3847	10
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	40	37	1	3850	232
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	156.93	22	6	3835,3841,3843,3846,3849,3852	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	162.57	22	9	3833,3835,3838,3839,3841,3843,3846,3849,3852	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	144	22	3	3835,3841,3846	3531
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	148.9	140.5	1	3838	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	22	22	2	3835,3841	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	148.9	22	4	3835,3838,3841,3846	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	145	142	1	3849	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	144	22	3	3835,3841,3846	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	144	20	1	3846	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	156.93	142	2	3843,3849	1027
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅			1	3852	34
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	144	22	3	3833,3835,3846	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	156.93	20	7	3833,3835,3838,3841,3843,3846,3852	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	144	22	2	3835,3846	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	40	37	2	3834,3850	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	162.57	22	9	3833,3835,3838,3839,3841,3843,3846,3849,3852	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃			1	3852	133
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	148.9	22	2	3835,3838	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	22	4	3835,3846,3849,3856	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	156.93	22	6	3833,3835,3842,3843,3846,3852	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	20	3	3835,3846,3849	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)			1	3836	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	148.9	20	7	3833,3835,3838,3846,3849,3852,3856	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	3852	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	40	37	1	3850	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	3852	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	22	22	2	3835,3841	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	144	20	2	3833,3846	5591
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	3836	233
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	148.9	22	4	3833,3835,3838,3846	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	22	6	3833,3834,3835,3842,3846,3849	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	144	20	4	3833,3835,3841,3846	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	162.57	160.99	2	3839,3852	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	3834	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	22	4	3833,3835,3846,3849	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	20	5	3833,3835,3846,3849,3856	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃			1	3852	67
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	40	37	1	3850	884
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	3852	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40	37	1	3850	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			2	3841,3852	409
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇			1	3852	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	162.57	22	10	3833,3835,3838,3839,3841,3843,3846,3849,3852,3856	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	22	4	3833,3835,3846,3849	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	20	5	3834,3841,3847,3852,3856	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	3852	712
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	148.9	22	3	3835,3838,3841	37
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	22	22	2	3835,3852	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	145	142	3	3834,3849,3856	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	144	138	1	3846	4894
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃			1	3852	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁			1	3852	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	144	37	3	3833,3846,3852	5186
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	40	37	1	3850	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	162.57	22	9	3833,3835,3838,3839,3841,3843,3846,3849,3852	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	3841	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	3852	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	3852	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	162.57	140.5	6	3838,3839,3841,3843,3849,3852	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	144	20	3	3835,3841,3846	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	162.57	140.5	4	3838,3839,3843,3852	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	40	37	2	3834,3850	4899
Twinnite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄			1	3852	16
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	24	20	1	3847	2718
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	144	22	3	3833,3835,3846	297
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	3834	939
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	3852	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	40	37	1	3850	5251

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
PorphCu-00404	42	37	42–37		Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Emplectite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	206293	Agarak Mine, Syunik' Province, Armenia	Agarak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00407	22	22	22		Alabandite, Albite, Bismuth, Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Emplectite, Epidote, Galena, Germanite, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Renierite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	206296	Dastakert Cu Deposit, Syunik' Province, Armenia	Dastakert	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
OGR58_185-00002	148.9	140.5	144.7±4.2	Re-Os			258531	Centralni East, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Centralni East	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
OGR58_185-00001	162.57	160.99	161.78±0.79	Ar-Ar			258530	Centralni West, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Centralni West	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
OGR58_185-00003	156.93	155.35	156.14±0.79	Ar-Ar			258532	Shahumyan, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Shahumyan	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185
PorphCu-00193	24	20	20–24			Cu	146855	Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Kadzharan	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060
PorphCu-00693	144	138	144–138		Actinolite, Albite, Ankerite, Bismuth, Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Emplectite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	146855	Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Kadjaran	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00135	24	20			Calcurmolite	Mo	14725	Sokh-Karasu Area, Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia		Melkonyan and Akopyan (2006); Bagdasaryan et al. (1969)
PorphCu-00406	145	142	145–142		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Digenite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	206295	Shikahogh Cu Deposit (Shikahoh), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Shikahoh	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
ree-00017	40	37	37-40 Ma (various)	various			23626	Shvanidzorskii, Syunik' Province, Armenia	Shvanidzorskii	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...