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Locality Name:
Madneuli Mine, Bolnisi District, Kvemo Kartli Region, Georgia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 86
Youngest recorded age at locality: 86

mindat Locality ID: 23547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23547.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madneuli Mine, Bolnisi District, Kvemo Kartli Region, Georgia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°28'0"N
Longitude: 44°33'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.466666666667,44.55

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper
Covellite	Enargite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pavonite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Alunite Amorphous Baryte Bournonite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper
Covellite Enargite Gypsum Kaolinite Melonite Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pavonite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	86	86	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	86	86	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	86	86	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	86	86	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	86	86	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	86	86	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	86	86	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	86	86	361
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	86	86	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	86	86	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	86	86	4165
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	86	86	126
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	86	86	180
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	86	86	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	86	86	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	86	86	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	86	86	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	86	86	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	86	86	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	86	86	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	86	86	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	86	86	111
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	86	86	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	86	86	2994
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	86	86	72
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	86	86	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	86	86	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	86	86	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	86	86	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	86	86	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	86	86	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	86	86	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	86	86	5317

1 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
	vms-00490	86	86	Late Cretaceous (Turonian)										S	23547	Madneuli Mine, Bolnisi District, Kvemo Kartli Region, Georgia	Madneuli	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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