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Locality Name:
Küre Copper Deposits, Küre, Kastamonu Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 237743
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237743.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Küre Copper Deposits, Küre, Kastamonu Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aşıköy Mine (Askoy Mine)
Bakibaba Mine
Kızılsu Mine
Küre Kastamonu Copper Mine
Küre Slag Locality

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldspar
KaoliniteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStannite
Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)20114511164408803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420114511164405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145111644027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S42011451116440154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22011452116439,11644027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2011452116439,1164404165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S20114511164401027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20114511164408173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145111644024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20114511164407437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201145111644014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS42011451116440142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O320114511164405433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420114511164405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201145111644014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22011452116439,1164405674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22011452116439,11644039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820114511164409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145111644061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20114511164406417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145111644021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O420114511164401934
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1320114511164401803


2 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
vms-00973201145Jurassic        237747Aşıköy Mine (Askoy Mine), Küre Copper Deposits, Küre, Kastamonu Province, Black Sea Region, TurkeyKure (Asikoy)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00974201145Jurassic        237746Bakibaba Mine, Küre Copper Deposits, Küre, Kastamonu Province, Black Sea Region, TurkeyKure (Bakibaba)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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