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Locality Name:
Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 124.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37.3

mindat Locality ID: 219754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Berta Cu Deposit
Cominco Gold Deposit
Gümüşhane Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 41°11'15"N
Longitude: 41°52'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.1875,41.876388888889

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

28 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	37.3	37.3	1	116402	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	37.3	37.3	1	116402	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	116401	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	124.6	37.3	2	116400,116402	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	37.3	37.3	1	116402	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	37.3	37.3	1	116402	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	116401	2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	37.3	37.3	1	116402	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	37.3	37.3	1	116402	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	37.3	37.3	1	116402	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	116401	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	116401	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	37.3	37.3	1	116402	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	37.3	37.3	2	116401,116402	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	116401	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	37.3	37.3	1	116402	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	124.6	37.3	2	116400,116402	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	37.3	37.3	1	116402	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	37.3	37.3	1	116402	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	116401	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	116401	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	37.3	37.3	1	116402	21482

2 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-00399	124.6	122.53	122.9±1.7 – 122.6±0.7 (Ar-Ar)									Malachite	Cu	206218	Berta Cu Deposit, Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Berta	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00150	37.3	37.3	37.3									Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	131133	Gümüşhane Cu-Au Deposit, Artvin, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey	Gümü?hane	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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