Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Notsara W Deposit, Mestia-Racha District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4

mindat Locality ID: 194004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Notsara W Deposit, Mestia-Racha District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°45'25"N
Longitude: 43°38'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.756944444444,43.649722222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Mica	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Mica None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	4	9052
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5	4	2600
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	5	4	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	4	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	4	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	4	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	4	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	4	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5	4	3418

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
	DeepDive-Co-0053	5	4	5-4	K-Ar	age of the quartz veins in the Mestia-Racha district					Yes				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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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