Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Markazi, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.7

mindat Locality ID: 145467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Markazi, Iran": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Arak County
Astaneh
Deh Moula
Delijan County
Emarat Zn-Pb Deposit
Khomeyn
Mahallat
Tafresh City

Latitude: 33°56'59"N
Longitude: 49°56'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.949722222222,49.943888888889

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Kobellite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Gypsum Iron Kobellite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Zircon

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Görgeyite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ingodite ()*	Iron ()*	Kobellite ()*	Krupkaite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rooseveltite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Sulphotsumoite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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			1	67456	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	67458	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	67456	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	67446	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	67462	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	67445,67446,67448	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5	67445,67446,67455,67456,67465	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	67455,67462	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	67446	132
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃			1	67446	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	67445,67446	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	67446	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	67445,67446,67456	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	100	8	67443,67445,67451,67455,67456,67459,67464,67473	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	67446	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			3	67445,67446,67455	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	67445	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	15.7	7	67442,67445,67446,67455,67456,67459,67462	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	67458	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	67458	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	67446	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4	67445,67446,67455,67462	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	67446	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	67446	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	67445,67462	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	67456	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	100	3	67455,67459,67462	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	67458	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	67456,67464,67473	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	67446	551
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	67458	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	6	67445,67446,67455,67459,67462,67466	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	67443	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	67445,67446,67465	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16.1	15.7	4	67442,67445,67446,67447	30554
Görgeyite ()*	None	K₂Ca₅(SO₄)₆·H₂O			1	67443	11
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	67456	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	67443,67467	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	67443	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16.1	15.7	4	67442,67445,67446,67456	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	67445,67446	5433
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS			1	67446	30
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	67458	1089
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅			1	67446	87
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆			1	67446	80
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	67445	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	67446	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	67443	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	16.1	15.7	2	67442,67456	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			6	67445,67446,67455,67456,67462,67465	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	67445,67446	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	67445	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	67443	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	16.1	15.7	4	67442,67443,67445,67446	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	67446	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	15.7	7	67442,67445,67446,67455,67456,67459,67462	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	67446	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67443	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	67445,67446,67456	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	15.7	9	67442,67443,67445,67446,67447,67455,67456,67459,67473	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)			2	67445,67446	38
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	67445,67446	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	67445	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	67445,67446	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	67462,67465	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	67455	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	6	67445,67446,67455,67456,67459,67462	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	67446	668
Sulphotsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₃Te₂S			1	67446	13
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	67446	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	67458	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	67443,67468	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	67445,67446	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	67455	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	67443	299
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	67456	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	67458	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	67458	104
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	67446	939

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-00225	16.1	15.7	15.9±0.2									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	194690	Dallil Cu Prospect, Arak County, Markazi, Iran	Dallil	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	sedexmvt-00159	145	100	Early Cretaceous		host rock age									223259	Emarat Zn-Pb Deposit, Markazi, Iran	Emarat	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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