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Locality Name:
Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 207546
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207546.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan, Iran": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Anjerd Mine
Haftcheshmeh Deposit
Mazraeh Mine
Sungun Mine (Songun Mine)

Latitude: 38°48'26"N
Longitude: 46°22'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.807222222222,46.371111111111

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melilite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Melilite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	67233,67235	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	1	67236	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	67233,67235	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	1	67236	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	67233	3092
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	23	5.3	1	67236	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	3	67233,67235,67236	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	3	67233,67235,67236	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	67233	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	67233,67235	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	4	67233,67234,67235,67236	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	23	5.3	1	67236	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	67234,67235	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	67235	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	67233	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	67233	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	3	67233,67235,67236	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	2	67233,67236	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇			1	67233	114
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	67233	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	1	67236	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	67235	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	1	67236	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	67233	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	3	67233,67235,67236	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	23	5.3	1	67236	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	1	67236	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	4	67233,67234,67235,67236	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	67233,67235	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	3	67233,67234,67236	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	2	67235,67236	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	1	67236	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	4	67233,67234,67235,67236	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	2	67233,67236	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	4	67233,67234,67235,67236	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	5.3	1	67236	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	23	5.3	1	67236	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	67235	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	2	67233,67236	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67233	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	23	5.3	2	67233,67236	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	3	67233,67235,67236	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	23	5.3	1	67236	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	67233,67235	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	67233	1247

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-00254	23	5.3	Miocene									Bismuthinite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Uraninite	Cu	205026	Sungun Mine (Songun Mine), Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan, Iran	Sungun	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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