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Locality Name:
Sirjan, Kerman, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 236120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sirjan, Kerman, Iran": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bavanat Deposit
Chah-Talkh Deposit
Chahgaz Deposit
Gol-e-Gohar Mine (Gol-Gohar Mine)
Sargaz Deposit

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1674081588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16740811547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216740827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16740824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3267407,6740814640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61674051066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416740714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216740817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216740839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216740861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1674052473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16740821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131674081803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131674085317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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