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Locality Name:
Ağdam District (Agdam), Azerbaijan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 135
Youngest recorded age at locality: 135

mindat Locality ID: 191905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191905.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ağdam District (Agdam), Azerbaijan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Damirli Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 40°0'59"N
Longitude: 46°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.016388888889,46.75
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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21351351249555509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41351351249555516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213513512495527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1351351249553846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1351351249552970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2135135124955144
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1351351249557437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13513512495530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313513512495514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41351351249555591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413513512495514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213513512495512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21351351249555800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213513512495517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213513512495539462
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1351351249551101


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
PorphCu-00429135135Late Jurassic Cretaceous      Chalcopyrite, Gold, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206323Damirli Cu-Mo Deposit, Ağdam District (Agdam), AzerbaijanDamirliSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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