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Locality Name:
Azerbaijan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1141
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 21218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azerbaijan": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Abşeron District (Absheron)
Ağcabədi District (Aghjabadi)
Ağdam District (Agdam)
Ağdaş District (Agdash)
Balakan District
Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan)
Gədəbəy District (Gadabey)
Göygöl District (Hanlar)
Kəlbəcər District (Kalbacar; Kelbajar; Karavajar)
Kuscinskoe Deposit
Lacin District
Lerik District
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Naxçıvan District (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan)
Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan)
Shermakha District (Şamaxi; Shemakha; Samaxi; Shamakhi; Shamakhy)
Tartar District
Yardymli District

Latitude: 39°57'45"N
Longitude: 47°0'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.9625,47.0125

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H N O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluminiteAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDescloizite
DiamondDiasporeDjerfisheriteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteGypsum
IronKaoliniteLöllingiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMilarite
ModderiteMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRoseliteRutileSartoriteSmectite-vermiculiteSodalite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTobermoriteTridymite
TurquoiseVivianiteWurtzite

155 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Akdalaite  (*)Alabandite  (*)
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Aluminite  (*)Aluminium  (*)Alunite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calciocopiapite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carlsbergite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Delafossite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hibonite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Iron  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Joegoldsteinite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Leucite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Modderite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nekoite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nickelphosphide  (*)Nierite  (*)Niningerite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Okenite  (*)
Oldhamite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Perryite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Roedderite  (*)Roselite  (*)
Rudashevskyite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sartorite  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sinjarite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Teschemacherite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Wendwilsonite  (*)Wüstite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
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)220164224959,249643419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6224982,24999286
Akdalaite  (*)NolaniteAl10O14(OH)21249926
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS124953312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)224953,249998803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe124969489
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O12499578
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl12499227
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6124969966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1249821627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511411141224968,249871310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3146641249641534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2011641249592734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22011641249593092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1249923250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS114164424959,24964,24968,249699052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6224982,249992060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2114133.9524955,24959,24964,24968,249895509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114165.5324968,24969,2499211547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2011641249591966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32011641249591935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4114133.9824955,24959,24964,24967,24968,24969,24975,249895516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11201164124959843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32011641249591089
Calciocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCaFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O146641249641
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114164324964,24968,2499227770
Carlsbergite  (*)RocksaltCrN12499826
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4135135124965154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2011641249594979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O201164124959925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S114133.9624959,24965,24967,24968,24969,249895707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114133.91024955,24959,24964,24965,24967,24968,24969,24975,24985,2498927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2201164124959162
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)814664124964577
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl14664124964203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4224953,249983902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O114111411249683531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1249692600
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O612495394
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS20164324959,24964,24965966
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe312495377
Copper  (*)CopperCu1141135324955,24965,249683846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5201164124959344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS114164524959,24964,24967,24968,249694165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2124992453
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S355.833.9124989802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1141135224955,249682970
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4224953,24998157
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2135135124955144
Diamond  (*)DiamondC124953697
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)124969481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4124969651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61249924135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl12495360
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)201164124959180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2201164124959246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4114165.5324959,24968,24985910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6124953944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)114164424959,24964,24965,249688173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O14664124964814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2114111411249689617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1249531188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12201164124959663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114133.9824959,24960,24965,24968,24969,24975,24985,2498924243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23201164124959133
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS14664124964131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20133.9524955,24959,24969,24989,249927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1141135724955,24959,24965,24968,24969,24975,2498530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC224953,249982812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS201164124959170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O114111411249686890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1249921398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114164524955,24964,24968,24969,2497514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te114165.5324959,24968,24969804
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1912495380
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O12499242
Iron  (*)IronFe324953,24992,249981089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14201164124959784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011641249592228
Joegoldsteinite  (*)SpinelMnCr2S41249533
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO412499949
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41141135524955,24967,24968,24969,249925591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O146641249641271
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)124982233
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4201164124959249
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4114165.5224959,24968198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114133.9924955,24959,24964,24968,24969,24982,24989,24992,2499814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114133.9624955,24959,24964,24967,24968,2498912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21141164324959,24968,249695674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24201164124959158
Modderite  (*)ModderiteCoAs146641249645
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC12495357
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21141135524955,24965,24967,24968,249695800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)114165.5124968362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114165.5724955,24959,24965,24967,24968,24969,2499217380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)320116412495967
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1249821236
Nekoite  (*)NoneCa3Si6O15·7H2O1249928
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)124999884
Nickelphosphide  (*)NoneNi3P12495319
Nierite  (*)NoneSi3N41249537
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS12495328
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O124992471
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O12499271
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS12495358
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1249992349
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs212497752
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)312495325
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2201164224959,24969409
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O14664124964309
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl2146641249649
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21141135924955,24959,24960,24965,24967,24968,24969,24975,2498539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21249713106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2124969771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8114133.9424959,24968,24969,249899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114164724959,24964,24968,24969,24971,24987,2499261156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO212497188
Roedderite  (*)MilariteKNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O3012495330
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O1466412496423
Rudashevskyite  (*)Sphalerite(Fe,Zn)S1249533
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2114165.5324953,24968,249875614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2201164124959317
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)124982598
Sartorite  (*)SartoritePbAs2S420116412495911
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P224953,24998374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2011641249596417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1141164324959,24968,249855186
Sinjarite  (*)NoneCaCl2·2H2O1249924
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2011641249592473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl124999444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114133.9924953,24959,24961,24965,24968,24969,24975,24985,2498921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4224953,249921934
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS124985332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1249922045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4201164124959337
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)124998703
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S1620116412495935
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3201164124959276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13114165.5424959,24968,24969,249751803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1141135324955,24959,249681101
Teschemacherite  (*)None(NH4)H(CO3)114133.906
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S201164224959,24969510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13201145224959,249755317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)124993299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O14664224964,249824899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)124992114
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2124953458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS224953,249981044
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O135135124967484
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2124973106
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe220116412495964
Wendwilsonite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O146641249648
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO224992,2499874
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl224969,2499586



15 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-00429135135Late Jurassic Cretaceous      Chalcopyrite, Gold, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206323Damirli Cu-Mo Deposit, Ağdam District (Agdam), AzerbaijanDamirliSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
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 
Kristen002131146126136±10fission track apatite     2780Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanDashkesan Ore DepositVardzelashvili et al. (1992) DAN323_108 
Kristen002132134112123±11fission track apatite     2780Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanDashkesan Ore DepositVardzelashvili et al. (1992) DAN323_108 
Kristen002133766470±6fission track apatite     2780Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanDashkesan Ore DepositVardzelashvili et al. (1992) DAN323_108 
PorphCu-00432135135Late Jurassic Cretaceous      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, MolybdeniteCu206326Goshgarchai Cu-Au Deposit, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), AzerbaijanGoshgarchaiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00430135135Late Jurassic Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Kaolinite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, TurquoiseCu206324Garadag Cu Deposit, Gədəbəy District (Gadabey), AzerbaijanGaradagSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0043316165.5Late Jurassic Cretaceous       Cu206327Gedabek Mine (Kedabek Mine), Gədəbəy District (Gadabey), AzerbaijanGedabekSinger et al. (2005) USGSOFR2005_1060 
PorphCu-0043411411141       Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, TenoriteCu206327Gedabek Mine (Kedabek Mine), Gədəbəy District (Gadabey), AzerbaijanKedabekSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
SGMA10_120_0001150129139.5 ± 10.5K-Arhost rock cut by mineralizationwhole rock     206327Gedabek Mine (Kedabek Mine), Gədəbəy District (Gadabey), AzerbaijanGedabek MineHemon (2012) SGMA10_120 
OGR58_185-00009164145Likely Late Jurassic        258714Drmbon, Mehmana District, Kəlbəcər District (Kalbacar; Kelbajar; Karavajar), AzerbaijanDrmbonMederer et al. (2014)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007OGR58_185 
PorphCu-0043155.833.9Eocene      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Goethite, Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu206325Misdag Cu Deposit, Naxçıvan District (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan), AzerbaijanMisdagSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070230Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaijanhttps://rruff.info/R070230


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