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

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

mindat Locality ID: 208386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belokan-Avar Ore District, Balakan District, Azerbaijan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Filizchai Deposit
Katekh Deposit
Katsdag Deposit

Latitude: 41°40'55"N
Longitude: 46°28'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.681944444444,46.478333333333
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: 

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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2011641249592793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22011641249593419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2011641249592734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22011641249593092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2011641249599052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22011641249595509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2011641249591966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32011641249591935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42011641249595516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11201164124959843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32011641249591089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2011641249594979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O201164124959925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2011641249595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220116412495927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2201164124959162
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS201164124959966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5201164124959344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2011641249594165
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)201164124959180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2201164124959246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4201164124959910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2011641249598173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12201164124959663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201164224959,2496024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23201164124959133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2011641249597437
Gold  (*)CopperAu20116412495930554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS201164124959170
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te201164124959804
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14201164124959784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011641249592228
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4201164124959249
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4201164124959198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420116412495914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220116412495912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22011641249595674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24201164124959158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220116412495917380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)320116412495967
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2201164124959409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201164224959,2496039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82011641249599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220116412495961156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2201164124959317
Sartorite  (*)SartoritePbAs2S420116412495911
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2011641249596417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2011641249595186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2011641249592473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201164224959,2496121482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4201164124959337
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S1620116412495935
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3201164124959276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132011641249591803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2011641249591101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S201164124959510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132011641249595317
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe220116412495964


4 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 
sedznpb-00051174164Middle Jurassic        208388Katekh Deposit, Belokan-Avar Ore District, Balakan District, AzerbaijanKatekhSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-00050201164Early–Middle Jurassic        208387Katsdag Deposit, Belokan-Avar Ore District, Balakan District, AzerbaijanKasdagSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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