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Locality Name:
Kizilcaören REE Deposits (Kyzylkaoren), Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 193487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kizilcaören REE Deposits (Kyzylkaoren), Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Devebagirtan Area
Höyüklü Area
Kocayayla Area
Yaylabasi Area

Latitude: 39°37'10"N
Longitude: 31°21'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.619444444444,31.350833333333

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCoronaditeCorundum
DiasporeEudialyteFluoriteKaoliniteMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophane
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelThomsoniteTridymiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Brockite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eastonite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilyukhinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Strontianite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6662.601022
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O662.601627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.6011547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)662.60483
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O662.6048
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.6027770
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16662.60227
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6662.604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2662.609895
Eastonite  (*)MicaKAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2662.6011
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2662.609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.6024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)662.607437
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)662.60158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.6014640
Ilyukhinite  (*)Eudialyte(H3O,Na)14Ca6Mn2Zr3Si26O72(OH)2·3H2O662.602
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.6014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O662.601508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2662.6017380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)662.60884
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2662.602273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2662.603106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2662.605614
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)662.60589
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6662.60105
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O662.60452
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2662.60236
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)662.605251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000623MAGMATIC STYLE: 50 m long dyke 1.5 m thick. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Trachyte and leucite phonolite volcanic rocks.


2 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
Jen_000062324.224.224.2K-Ar       193487Kizilcaören REE Deposits (Kyzylkaoren), Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, TurkeyKizilcaoren districtWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00640662.6Tertiary        193487Kizilcaören REE Deposits (Kyzylkaoren), Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, TurkeyKizilçaörenOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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