Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yozgat Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 146214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yozgat Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Akdagmadeni
Büyükmahal Area (Buyukmahal Area)
Gülpinar
Sorgun

Latitude: 39°37'57"N
Longitude: 37°22'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.6325,37.372222222222

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.

Allanite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Feruvite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Tourmaline Zircon

22 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	116573	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	116573	706
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	116566	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	56	2	116562,116564	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	56	3	116562,116563,116573	8173
Feruvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	116573	15
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	116573	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	100	56	6	116562,116563,116564,116568,116570,116573	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	56	2	116562,116564	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	116566	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	116566	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	116573	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	116573	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	56	2	116562,116564	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	116566	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	116566,116573	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	116573	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	100	56	1	116563	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	116573	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	56	2	116562,116564	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	116573	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	116573	5251

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-00432	100	56	Late Cretaceous–Late Paleocene											193887	Akdagmadeni, Yozgat Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey	Akdağmadeni	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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