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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

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: 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: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCorundumEnargiteKaoliniteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS423709052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2423705509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi423701966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3423701935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4423705516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24237027198
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS242370246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS442370910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4237024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4237030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34237014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4423705591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS442370198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44237014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24237012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2423705800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24237017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24237039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8423709056
Silver  (*)CopperAg423705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4237021482
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS342370297



1 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
PorphCu-00404423742–37      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Emplectite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, WitticheniteCu206293Agarak Mine, Syunik' Province, ArmeniaAgarakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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