Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 124.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37.3

mindat Locality ID: 146202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Artvin
Murgul
Yusufeli

Latitude: 41°13'3"N
Longitude: 41°43'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.2175,41.728888888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

39 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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	100	66	2	116406,116407	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	37.3	37.3	1	116402	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	37.3	37.3	1	116402	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	100	66	1	116405	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	124.6	37.3	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	116401	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	37.3	2	116402,116405	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	124.6	37.3	5	116400,116402,116404,116407,116408	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	100	66	2	116406,116407	281
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	37.3	37.3	1	116402	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	100	37.3	2	116402,116407	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	116401	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	66	1	116407	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	37.3	37.3	1	116402	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	37.3	37.3	1	116402	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	37.3	3	116402,116407,116408	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	116401	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	80	80	2	116401,116404	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	100	37.3	2	116402,116407	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	37.3	3	116401,116402,116407	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	100	66	2	116406,116407	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	100	66	1	116407	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	116401	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	37.3	37.3	1	116402	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	124.6	37.3	2	116400,116402	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	100	66	1	116407	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	80	80	1	116403	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	37.3	3	116402,116406,116407	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	37.3	4	116402,116404,116407,116408	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	37.3	37.3	1	116402	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	66	4	116401,116406,116407,116408	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	116401	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	37.3	3	116402,116407,116408	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	100	66	1	116407	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	100	66	2	116406,116407	510

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	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 ID
PorphCu-00399	124.6	122.53	122.9±1.7 – 122.6±0.7 (Ar-Ar)		Malachite	Cu	206218	Berta Cu Deposit, Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Berta	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00150	37.3	37.3	37.3		Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	131133	Gümüşhane Cu-Au Deposit, Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Gümü?hane	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
vms-00956	80	80	Upper Cretaceous			S	193484	Akarsen Deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Akarsen	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00959	100	66	Upper Cretaceous				9492	Cakmakkaya Mine, Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb Deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Anayatak-Cakmakkaya	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00958	100	66	Upper Cretaceous	Yes			28095	Ergani Mine, Ergani (Arghana; Osmaniye; Erganiosmaniye), Diyarbakir Province, South-Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Ana Yatak-Ergani	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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