Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Sivas Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 91.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66.3

mindat Locality ID: 146206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sivas Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Divrigi
Golcuk Plateau
Karaçayır

Latitude: 39°54'59"N
Longitude: 37°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.916388888889,37

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Mica
Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 B C Ca F Fe H K Na O S Si Sr Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Mica
Natrolite None Pyrite Rutile Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Zircon

18 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	116559	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	116559	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	116558	1252
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	116558	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	116559	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	116559	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	91.3	66.3	2	116557,116559	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	91.3	66.3	1	116557	5433
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	91.3	66.3	1	116557	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	91.3	66.3	2	116557,116559	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	116559	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	116559	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	116559	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	116559	5614
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	116559	452
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	116559	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	116559	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	116559	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
JG65_22-Divriǧi001	Cürek listwaenite within Divriǧi ophiolite contains langisite
JG65_22-Divriǧi002	Cürek listwaenite within Divriǧi ophiolite contains langisite
JG65_22-Divriǧi003	Cürek listwaenite within Divriǧi ophiolite contains langisite

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
JG65_22-Divriǧi001	91.3	86.3	88.8±2.5	U-Pb	zircon	FK59	Zircon	258337	Divrigi, Sivas Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey	Divriǧi ophiolite	Parlak et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jog.2012.06.012	JG65_22
JG65_22-Divriǧi002	69.1	66.3	67.7±1.4	U-Pb	zircon	FK61	Zircon	258337	Divrigi, Sivas Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey	Divriǧi ophiolite	Parlak et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jog.2012.06.012	JG65_22
JG65_22-Divriǧi003	71.9	68.9	70.4±1.5	U-Pb	zircon	FK60	Zircon	258337	Divrigi, Sivas Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey	Divriǧi ophiolite	Parlak et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jog.2012.06.012	JG65_22

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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