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Locality Name:
Eskişehir Ophiolite, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 135
Youngest recorded age at locality: 135

mindat Locality ID: 221173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eskişehir Ophiolite, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dağküplü Mine
Kavak Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Cr Cu Fe Mg Ni O Ru S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteMilleriteNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chromite  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Orcelite  (*)
Putoranite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1351352116496,116497166
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41351352116496,1164975516
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41351352116496,1164973902
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81351352116496,11649740
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21351352116496,116497205
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21351352116496,116497226
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41351351116497311
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81351352116496,116497161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1351352116496,1164971066
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)1351352116496,11649736
Putoranite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu1.1Fe1.2S21351352116496,1164977
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21351352116496,11649739462


1 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
podchrome-00669135135Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous       Cr221175Kavak Mine, Eskişehir Ophiolite, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, TurkeyKavakMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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