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Locality Name:
Agarak Mine, Syunik' Province, Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 42
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37

mindat Locality ID: 206293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agarak Mine, Syunik' Province, Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°55'19"N
Longitude: 46°11'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.921944444444,46.188333333333

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum Enargite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	42	37	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	42	37	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	42	37	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	42	37	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	42	37	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	42	37	27198
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	42	37	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	42	37	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	42	37	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	42	37	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	42	37	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	42	37	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	42	37	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	42	37	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	42	37	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	42	37	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	42	37	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	42	37	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	42	37	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	42	37	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	42	37	21482
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	42	37	297

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
	PorphCu-00404	42	37	42–37									Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Emplectite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	206293	Agarak Mine, Syunik' Province, Armenia	Agarak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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