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Locality Name:
Zanjan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 540
Youngest recorded age at locality: 540

mindat Locality ID: 145468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zanjan, Iran": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Abhar County
Baitchy Bagh Mine
Barik-Ab Deposit
Dandy To Mahneshan Road
Glojeh District
Mahneshan County
Mari Deposit
Ramin Agate Field
Sheykhlar
Zanjan County

Latitude: 36°33'9"N
Longitude: 48°23'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.5525,48.390555555556

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Picromerite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Picromerite Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite
Wurtzite

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Bustamite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*
Colemanite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydroboracite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marrite ()*	Matildite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Picromerite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ulexite ()*	Willemite ()*
Zincite ()*

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			2	67623,67627	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	67627	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	67626,67628,67632	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	67627	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	67626	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	540	540	1	67635	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	540	540	1	67635	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂			1	67625	77
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	540	540	1	67635	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	67623,67632	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	540	540	1	67635	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	540	540	1	67635	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	67623,67627,67632	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	67627	1089
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂			1	67627	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	540	540	4	67623,67627,67632,67635	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	540	540	2	67623,67635	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	67627,67632	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	67623,67627,67632	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂			1	67627	162
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O			1	67631	144
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	67623,67627,67632	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	67623	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	540	540	1	67635	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	67627	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	67628,67632	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	67627	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	540	540	2	67627,67635	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	540	540	3	67623,67627,67635	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	540	540	3	67623,67627,67635	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	67627,67628	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	540	540	2	67627,67635	717
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	67625,67639	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	540	540	3	67623,67627,67635	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	540	540	1	67635	1689
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O			1	67631	42
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	540	540	1	67635	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	540	540	2	67628,67635	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O			1	67625	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	540	540	3	67623,67627,67635	5591
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	540	540	1	67635	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	67626,67627	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	67623,67632	12537
Marrite ()*	None	AgPbAsS₃			1	67627	8
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	67627	252
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄			1	67627	158
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	540	540	1	67635	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	540	540	2	67628,67635	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	540	540	3	67627,67628,67635	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	67628	254
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	67625	44
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	540	540	1	67635	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	67627	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	540	540	5	67623,67626,67627,67632,67635	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	540	540	1	67635	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	540	540	6	67623,67626,67627,67632,67633,67635	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	67627	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	67627	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	67627	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	540	540	1	67635	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	540	540	3	67623,67627,67635	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	67627	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	67627	5317
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			1	67631	160
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	540	540	1	67635	303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	540	540	1	67635	98

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
	sedznpb-00240	540	540	Neoproterozoic-Cambrian											25133	Angouran Mine (Anguran Mine), Sheykhlar, Zanjan, Iran	Angouran	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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