Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Giresun Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80
Youngest recorded age at locality: 80

mindat Locality ID: 131132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giresun Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bulancak
Giresun
Hasandağ
Lahanos Cu-Zn-Pb Deposit
Şebinkarahisar
Tirebolu

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dravite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Foitite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite
Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

30 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	116421,116424	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	116418	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	80	80	1	116422	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	116418	11547
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅			1	116417	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	80	80	1	116422	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	116418,116420,116421,116424	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	80	80	4	116418,116420,116422,116424	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	80	80	1	116422	4165
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	116424	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	116424	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	116424	75
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	80	80	3	116418,116422,116424	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	116420,116421	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	116421	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	116420	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	116421,116424	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			2	116420,116421	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	116420	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	116418,116420	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	116421	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	80	80	4	116418,116420,116421,116422	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	116420	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	80	80	4	116418,116420,116422,116424	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	116418	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	116424	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	80	80	4	116418,116420,116422,116424	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	116420	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	116418	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	116424	2718

1 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
	vms-00977	80	80	Upper Cretaceous										S	193486	Lahanos Cu-Zn-Pb Deposit, Giresun Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Lahanos	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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