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Locality Name:
Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 352
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 146060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bolkar Maden
Horoz
Madenköy

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovellite
EpidoteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Idaite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO235225211165502162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335225211165471534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35225211165502734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235225211165503092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35225211165509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235225211165505509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)352252111655027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35225211165504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35225211165505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23522522116549,11655027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35225211165504165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235225211165509895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35225211165508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3522522116546,11655024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu352252111655030554
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635225211165501066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS43522521116550142
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23522522116547,11655012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235225211165505674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2352252111655017380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63522520477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23522523116547,116549,11655039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835225211165509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2352252111655061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235225211165505614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35225211165501153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35225211165506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3522522116547,1165502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3522524116546,116547,116549,11655021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43522521116550668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335225211165501803


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00434352252Late Paleozoic        146060Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, TurkeyBolkardagSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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