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Locality Name:
Misdag Cu Deposit, Naxçıvan District (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan), Azerbaijan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 206325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Misdag Cu Deposit, Naxçıvan District (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan), Azerbaijan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°3'0"N
Longitude: 46°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.05,46.05

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	Cubanite	Diaspore	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Wurtzite

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: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Cubanite Diaspore Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	55.8	33.9	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	55.8	33.9	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55.8	33.9	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	55.8	33.9	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55.8	33.9	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	55.8	33.9	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	55.8	33.9	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	12537
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	55.8	33.9	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55.8	33.9	21482

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-00431	55.8	33.9	Eocene									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Goethite, Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206325	Misdag Cu Deposit, Naxçıvan District (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan), Azerbaijan	Misdag	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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