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Locality Name:
Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 146
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 191899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dashkesan
Goshgarchai Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 40°31'20"N
Longitude: 46°6'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.522222222222,46.111944444444
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 Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMicaModderiteMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRoseliteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVivianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calciocopiapite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Modderite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roselite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wendwilsonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2146641249643419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3146641249641534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS146641249649052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2146641249645509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4146641249645516
Calciocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCaFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O146641249641
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1466412496427770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4135135124965154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1351351249655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214664224964,2496527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)814664124964577
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl14664124964203
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS14664224964,24965966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1351351249653846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS146641249644165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)14664224964,249658173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O14664124964814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13513512496524243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS14664124964131
Gold  (*)CopperAu13513512496530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31466412496414640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O146641249641271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41466412496414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21466412496412537
Modderite  (*)ModderiteCoAs146641249645
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21351351249655800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213513512496517380
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O14664124964309
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl2146641249649
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213513512496539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21466412496461156
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O1466412496423
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13513512496521482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O146641249644899
Wendwilsonite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O146641249648


4 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
Kristen002131146126136±10fission track apatite     2780Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanDashkesan Ore DepositVardzelashvili et al. (1992) DAN323_108 
Kristen002132134112123±11fission track apatite     2780Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanDashkesan Ore DepositVardzelashvili et al. (1992) DAN323_108 
Kristen002133766470±6fission track apatite     2780Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanDashkesan Ore DepositVardzelashvili et al. (1992) DAN323_108 
PorphCu-00432135135Late Jurassic Cretaceous      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, MolybdeniteCu206326Goshgarchai Cu-Au Deposit, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanGoshgarchaiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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