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Locality Name:
Dasht-e-Kain Cu-Mo Deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 206910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dasht-e-Kain Cu-Mo Deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°33'15"N
Longitude: 64°30'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.554166666667,64.503888888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	21	21	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	21	21	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	21	21	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	21	21	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	21	21	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	21	21	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	21	21	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	21	21	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	21	21	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	21	21	144
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	21	21	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	21	21	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	21	21	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	21	21	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	21	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	21	21	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	21	21	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	21	21	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	21	21	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	21	21	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	21	21	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	21	21	1508
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	21	21	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	21	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	21	21	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	21	21	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21	21	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	21	21	1101

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-00517	21	21	21									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206910	Dasht-e-Kain Cu-Mo Deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	Dasht-e-Kain	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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