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Locality Name:
Filizchai Deposit, Belokan-Avar Ore District, Balakan District, Azerbaijan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 208385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208385.html

Tectonic Settings: Passive Margin

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Filizchai Deposit, Belokan-Avar Ore District, Balakan District, Azerbaijan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°43'0"N
Longitude: 46°24'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.716666666667,46.414166666667
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeEnargite
EpidoteGeocroniteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSartoriteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcostibite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Sartorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S20116402793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220116403419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)20116402734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)220116403092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20116409052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220116405509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi20116401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S320116401935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420116405516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112011640843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS320116401089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20116404979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2011640925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20116405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201164027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS22011640162
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2011640966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52011640344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20116404165
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)2011640180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS22011640246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42011640910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20116408173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122011640663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201164024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S232011640133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20116407437
Gold  (*)CopperAu201164030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS2011640170
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2011640804
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142011640784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620116402228
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S42011640249
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42011640198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201164014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2201164012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220116405674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S242011640158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2201164017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3201164067
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22011640409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201164039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820116409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201164061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs22011640317
Sartorite  (*)SartoritePbAs2S4201164011
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20116406417
Silver  (*)CopperAg20116405186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)20116402473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201164021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42011640337
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16201164035
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32011640276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1320116401803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO20116401101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2011640510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1320116405317
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2201164064


2 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
sedexmvt-00035201174Early Jurassic host rock age      208385Filizchai Deposit, Belokan-Avar Ore District, Balakan District, AzerbaijanFilizchaiTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00049201164Early–Middle Jurassic        208385Filizchai Deposit, Belokan-Avar Ore District, Balakan District, AzerbaijanFilizchaiSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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