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Locality Name:
Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 193985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mestia-Racha District
Oni District
Svaneti District

Latitude: 42°49'10"N
Longitude: 43°7'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.819444444444,43.125555555556

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Berthierite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Gismondine	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Nowackiite	Orpiment	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tridymite

Aktashite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Auricupride ()*	Baryte ()*
Berthierite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dickite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*
Gismondine ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Smirnite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*	Tridymite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Tvalchrelidzeite ()*	Wakabayashilite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Berthierite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper Gismondine Kaolinite Löllingite Marcasite Melonite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Nowackiite Orpiment Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tridymite

48 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
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	5	4	1	57233	22
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	5	4	2	57242,57254	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	4	10	57223,57232,57233,57237,57238,57239,57242,57245,57249,57252	9052
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au			1	57254	24
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	4	1	57245	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	5	4	1	57245	343
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	57254	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	5	4	1	57245	843
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	57254	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	4	2	57233,57245	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	57254	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	4	9	57223,57224,57232,57239,57242,57244,57245,57249,57254	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5	0	6	57228,57235,57237,57240,57245,57247	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	5	4	2	57224,57244	966
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	5	4	1	57233	181
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	5	4	1	57242	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	57254	344
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	0	2	57240,57247	651
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	5	4	4	57235,57237,57238,57245	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	4	4	57224,57237,57242,57245	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O			1	57254	128
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	4	11	57223,57233,57237,57245,57249,57250,57251,57252,57253,57254,57255	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃			1	57254	104
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	4	4	57225,57226,57228,57233	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	5	4	1	57245	762
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	4	2	57233,57245	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	5	4	1	57245	158
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5	0	1	57247	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5	4	2	57226,57242	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	4	10	57232,57235,57237,57238,57239,57242,57244,57245,57252,57254	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	5	4	2	57228,57233	511
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃			1	57254	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	4	14	57223,57224,57225,57226,57232,57233,57235,57238,57239,57240,57242,57244,57245,57249	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	4	3	57242,57244,57245	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	4	18	57223,57224,57225,57226,57228,57232,57233,57235,57237,57238,57239,57240,57242,57244,57245,57249,57252,57254	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	5	0	3	57228,57233,57247	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	4	3	57233,57245,57254	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	4	1	57245	5186
Smirnite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁴⁺O₅			1	57254	7
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	4	5	57233,57237,57242,57245,57254	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	5	4	1	57245	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5	4	9	57225,57226,57228,57232,57233,57237,57238,57239,57245	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	57254	337
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu			1	57254	30
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	57254	458
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe			1	57254	100
Tvalchrelidzeite ()*	None	Hg₃SbAsS₃	5	0	1	57247	6
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄	5	4	1	57233	16

2 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
	DeepDive-Co-0053	5	4	5-4	K-Ar	age of the quartz veins in the Mestia-Racha district									193991	Mestia-Racha District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia	Mestia-Racha district	Kekelia et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.04.003	OGR34_369	age of the quartz veins in the Mestia-Racha district
	Hg-00062	5	0		x-cutting relations, proximity to Neogene faults								Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Tvalchrelidzeite	Hg	16070	Gomi As-Sb-Hg Deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia		Kekelia et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.04.003	OGR34_369

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061128	Gomi As-Sb-Hg Deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia	https://rruff.info/R061128

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