Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Güzelyayla Cu Deposit, Trabzon Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55.8

mindat Locality ID: 206212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Güzelyayla Cu Deposit, Trabzon Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°51'24"N
Longitude: 39°39'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.856666666667,39.653055555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Epidote	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Cubanite Digenite Epidote Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	65.5	55.8	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65.5	55.8	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	65.5	55.8	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	65.5	55.8	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	65.5	55.8	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	65.5	55.8	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	65.5	55.8	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65.5	55.8	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	65.5	55.8	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65.5	55.8	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65.5	55.8	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65.5	55.8	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65.5	55.8	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	65.5	55.8	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65.5	55.8	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	65.5	55.8	1101

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
	PorphCu-00395	65.5	55.8	Paleocene									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	206212	Güzelyayla Cu Deposit, Trabzon Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Güzelyayla	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	vms-00967	100	66	Upper Cretaceous							Yes				21754	Kanköy (Arslandede), Trabzon Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Kankoy	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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