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Locality Name:
Kapan (Ghapan; Kafan; Zangezur; Madan), Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia


mindat Locality ID: 228137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kapan (Ghapan; Kafan; Zangezur; Madan), Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kafan Copper Deposits
Kefashen Skarn Cu-W Occurrence

Latitude: 39°12'59"N
Longitude: 46°14'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.216388888889,46.249722222222
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K O Pb S Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteEnargiteGermaniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe13841489
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2138415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1384111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4138415516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1384127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S138415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21384127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O138413531
Copper  (*)CopperCu138413846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS138414165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O138412970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS413841910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1384124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1384230554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6138412228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41384214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21384112537
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe213841409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21384139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21384161156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S161384137
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1384121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS413841668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13138411803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO138411101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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