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Locality Name:
Dastakert Cu Deposit, Syunik' Province, Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22

mindat Locality ID: 206296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dastakert Cu Deposit, Syunik' Province, Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°22'30"N
Longitude: 46°1'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.375,46.022777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Arsenic	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Wurtzite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Renierite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenic Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Germanite Gypsum Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	22	22	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	22	22	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	22	22	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	22	22	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	22	22	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	22	22	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	22	22	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	22	22	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	22	22	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	22	22	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	22	22	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	22	22	2970
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	22	22	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	22	22	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	22	22	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	22	22	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	22	22	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	22	22	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	22	22	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	22	22	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	22	22	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	22	22	2228
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	22	22	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	22	22	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	22	22	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	22	22	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	22	22	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	22	22	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	22	22	9056
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	22	22	37
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	22	22	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	22	22	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	22	22	1101
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	22	22	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-00407	22	22	22									Alabandite, Albite, Bismuth, Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Emplectite, Epidote, Galena, Germanite, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Renierite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	206296	Dastakert Cu Deposit, Syunik' Province, Armenia	Dastakert	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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