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Locality Name:
Goshgarchai Cu-Au Deposit, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 135
Youngest recorded age at locality: 135

mindat Locality ID: 206326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goshgarchai Cu-Au Deposit, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°32'0"N
Longitude: 46°9'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.533333333333,46.15
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 Au Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidoteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S41351350154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S13513505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2135135027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1351350966
Copper  (*)CopperCu13513503846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13513508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS135135024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu135135030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS213513505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2135135017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2135135039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS135135021482


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-00432135135Late Jurassic Cretaceous      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, MolybdeniteCu206326Goshgarchai Cu-Au Deposit, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanGoshgarchaiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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