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Locality Name:
Bazman Volcano, Sistan And Baluchestan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 221885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bazman Volcano, Sistan And Baluchestan, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chahnaly Deposit (Chahnali Prospect)

Latitude: 28°4'17"N
Longitude: 60°0'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.071388888889,60.009722222222

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 Au C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteIron
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprospinel  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Iron  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanothallite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21675173092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16751727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1675175707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216751727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1675174165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1675172970
Cuprospinel  (*)SpinelCu2+Fe3+2O4001675174
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21675179895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1675178173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16751724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1675177437
Gold  (*)CopperAu16751730554
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS16751762
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316751714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te167517804
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI167517180
Iron  (*)IronFe1675171089
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216751712537
Melanothallite  (*)NoneCu2OCl21675175
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21675175800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1675171508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216751717380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se167517192
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O167517306
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2167517247
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2167517158
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)167517494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216751739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216751761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1675176417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16751721482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1675171101



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