Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 352
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 193479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bolkardağ Range
Bor-Ulukışla Basin
Çamardı

Latitude: 37°55'19"N
Longitude: 35°1'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.921944444444,35.017222222222

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Idaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Thénardite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Blödite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

51 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	116551	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	352	252	1	116550	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	352	252	1	116547	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	352	252	1	116550	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	116551	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	352	252	1	116550	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	352	252	1	116550	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	352	252	1	116550	5509
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	116551	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	352	252	2	116550,116555	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	116554	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	352	252	1	116550	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	352	252	1	116550	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	352	252	2	116549,116550	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	116555	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	352	252	1	116550	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	352	252	2	116550,116551	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	352	252	1	116550	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	116551	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	352	252	2	116546,116550	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	116551	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	116553	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	352	252	2	116550,116554	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	116551	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	116551	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	116554	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	352	252	1	116550	1066
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	352	252	1	116550	142
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	116551	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	116551	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	352	252	2	116547,116550	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	352	252	1	116550	5674
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	116551	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	116551	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	352	252	4	116545,116550,116551,116555	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	116551	306
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	352	252	1	116545	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	352	252	4	116547,116549,116550,116555	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	352	252	1	116550	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	352	252	4	116550,116551,116554,116555	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	352	252	1	116550	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	116554	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	352	252	1	116550	1153
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	116551	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	352	252	1	116550	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	352	252	2	116547,116550	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	352	252	4	116546,116547,116549,116550	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	352	252	1	116550	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	116555	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	352	252	1	116550	1803
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	116551	299

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-00434	352	252	Late Paleozoic											146060	Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey	Bolkardag	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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