Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Samsun Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 131138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samsun Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altintepe Gold Property
Samsun

Latitude: 41°17'24"N
Longitude: 36°20'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.29,36.333333333333

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	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Kaolinite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Kaolinite Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	116454	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	116455	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	116454	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	116454	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116455	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	116454	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	116454	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	116454	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	116454	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	116454	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116454	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	116454	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	116454	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	116454	198
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	116454	128
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	116455	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	116454	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116454	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	116454	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	116454	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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