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Locality Name:
Teghout Cu-Mo Deposit (Tekhut), Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121

mindat Locality ID: 206294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Teghout Cu-Mo Deposit (Tekhut), Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°6'17"N
Longitude: 44°51'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.104722222222,44.856666666667
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: Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteGypsumKaolinite
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteTurquoiseWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12112101588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12112109052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212112105509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312112101935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121121027198
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41211210910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12112108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121121024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12112107437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12112106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121121014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412112105591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121121014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121121012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212112105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121121017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121121039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121121021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312112105317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1211210484


3 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
vms-00003170168Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)     Yes  258495Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaAkhtalaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00006170168Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)     Yes  258499Shamlugh Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaShamlugMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
PorphCu-00405121121Early Cretaceous or Late Eocene      Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206294Teghout Cu-Mo Deposit (Tekhut), Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaTeghoutSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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