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Locality Name:
Marmara Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 85
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.4

mindat Locality ID: 23980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marmara Region, Turkey": 109
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 65

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Balikesir Province
Bursa Province
Çanakkale Province
Edirne Province
Istanbul Province
Kirklareli Province
Sakarya Province
Tekirdag Province

Latitude: 40°29'13"N
Longitude: 28°1'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.486944444444,28.021666666667
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
CalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorrensite
CorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetGypsumIronJalpaiteKaoliniteLawsoniteLepidocrociteLillianiteMalachite
MarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPolybasitePrehnite
PyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTetrahedriteTitaniteUytenbogaardtiteVesuvianiteWurtziteZircon

136 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)
Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Baryte  (*)Billingsleyite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Borax  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Colemanite  (*)Copper  (*)Corrensite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Empressite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Howlite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Inyoite  (*)
Iron  (*)Jadeite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Lawsonite  (*)Lenaite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Meyerhofferite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Paragonite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Priceite  (*)Probertite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rivadavite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Taenite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tertschite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Trona  (*)
Tunellite  (*)Tungsten  (*)Ulexite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S26.524.12116637,1166862793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)280.524.19116633,116635,116637,116645,116695,116713,116731,116734,1167403419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611167031022
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS325251116678315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)80.567.48116645,116647,116703,116705,116717,116726,116734,1167408803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311166472353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)626.524.13116637,116649,116682966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11166561627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5252511166781310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32116635,1167311534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11166561588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22116645,1166473092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2116652,1167003250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS83.324.13116637,116681,1167359052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611167402060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61116695919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)283.3253116678,116732,1167355509
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2111664749
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3116714,116717,11671911547
Billingsleyite  (*)NoneAg7AsS6111668611
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi26.524.111166371966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311167211935
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O111664976
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS48524.17116635,116637,116678,116717,116730,116734,1167355516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)80.524.117116633,116637,116645,116647,116656,116658,116662,116686,116689,116695,116700,116713,116717,116721,116726,116731,11673427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11166561252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)25252116678,1167174979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41116649352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S83.380.12116717,1167355707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28522.417116633,116635,116637,116678,116684,116686,116695,116713,116714,116717,116719,116721,116730,116731,116732,116734,11673527198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21116705376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42116696,1167043902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2116651,1166812600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11166471025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS23.222.41116684966
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O18116649,116653,116655,116656,116657,116659,116660,116662,116663,116665,116666,116667,116668,116669,116670,116671,116689,116700144
Copper  (*)CopperCu23.222.43116633,116684,1166963846
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O111670049
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS83.3253116678,116717,1167354165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21116682453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161116726599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31116635802
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)2116662,116689498
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)483.380.14116649,116682,116717,116735651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S83.380.12116717,1167351027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63116635,116695,1167314135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226.524.13116637,116652,1167009895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS225251116678246
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe111663543
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS485653116730,116734,116735910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)80.522.411116635,116637,116647,116684,116695,116698,116713,116717,116731,116734,1167408173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1116732345
Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2111670526
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226.524.12116637,1166959617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS83.324.19116635,116637,116678,116686,116714,116717,116719,116721,11673524243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)24116645,116647,116705,116740286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)83.322.45116635,116678,116684,116726,1167357437
Gold  (*)CopperAu25258116635,116649,116678,116681,116686,116708,116717,11671930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11167052812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33116635,116647,1167311544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O7116656,116662,116665,116667,116689,116708,1167266890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61116731741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O380.522.49116637,116676,116681,116684,116695,116714,116721,116731,11673414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1116635804
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S926.524.1111663766
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)53116656,116662,11668936
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O7116652,116653,116656,116660,116663,116667,11670042
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS41116635142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O383.3257116645,116647,116678,116681,116696,116735,1167405433
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O3116656,116660,11666534
Iron  (*)IronFe11166961089
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O62116703,116705154
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21116686116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)426.524.12116637,1167175591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21116726234
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3116703,116705,116740121
Lenaite  (*)ChalcopyriteAgFeS211166868
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)25252116678,116726581
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O111672378
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3116702,116704,1167371487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O483.322.417116633,116635,116637,116645,116647,116678,116684,116695,116698,116703,116705,116713,116721,116731,116734,116735,11674014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)283.3256116678,116695,116721,116731,116732,11673512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1116726770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS226.524.12116637,1167135674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4111668651
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1116651397
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O8116656,116657,116658,116660,116662,116663,116665,11666923
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS285259116635,116678,116692,116698,116717,116730,116732,116734,1167355800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3116656,116717,1167261508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)280.524.115116637,116645,116647,116656,116662,116678,116689,116695,116700,116703,116705,116717,116726,116734,11674017380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)61116717128
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se1116635192
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O62116645,116647229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5116656,116662,116681,116689,1167002994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S326.524.13116637,116649,116652511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11166352349
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23116645,116647,116705247
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)225253116635,116678,1167312273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1116703260
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1116686716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211166351898
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O7116644,116656,116662,116666,116669,116671,11668933
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O5116653,116656,116663,116667,11670029
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28524.118116633,116635,116637,116678,116681,116686,116692,116695,116708,116713,116714,116717,116719,116721,116730,116731,116734,11673539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO226.524.13116637,116721,1167263106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21116717771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S883.324.16116635,116637,116678,116698,116713,1167359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226.524.126116633,116637,116645,116656,116673,116675,116678,116679,116682,116686,116692,116695,116700,116703,116704,116705,116708,116713,116714,116717,116719,116721,116726,116727,116731,11674061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS26.524.12116637,116652712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11167261711
Rivadavite  (*)NoneNa6Mg[B6O7(OH)6]4·10H2O11166564
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101116726312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO283.324.18116637,116645,116647,116705,116717,116721,116734,1167355614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)85656116695,116698,116721,116730,116731,1167354894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)25252116676,1166786417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11166865186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS83.324.111116635,116637,116678,116686,116692,116695,116714,116717,116719,116721,11673521482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41116686586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)26.522.41116632446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311166493418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1116740456
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1116696703
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe26.524.11116637190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1326.524.12116637,1166781803
Tertschite  (*)NoneCa4B10O19·20H2O2116656,1166622
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326.524.13116637,116678,1167215317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26.524.12116637,1167404899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)226.524.14116633,116637,116695,1167312562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11166961044
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O1116649129
Tunellite  (*)NoneSrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O4116653,116656,116663,11666712
Tungsten  (*)IronW111669823
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O13116653,116655,116656,116657,116660,116662,116663,116665,116667,116669,116670,116671,116700160
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2111668646
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011166981395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)26.524.111166375251


6 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
sedznpb-0043326.524.125.3±1.2        19817Balya, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, TurkeyBalyaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
PorphCu-004022525       Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Muscovite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, ElectrumCu206222Tereoba Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Havran, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, TurkeyTereobaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
DeepDive-Co-000623.222.423.2-22.4Ar-Ar hornlende, biotite     266579Bakırlık Hill, Şamlı Deposit, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, TurkeyŞamlı depositYılmazer et al. (2014)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.001OGR57_191 
PorphCu-00396856585–65      Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, ScheeliteCu206213Ikiztepe Cu Deposit, Balaban, Kirklareli Province, Marmara Region, TurkeyIkiztepeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0039880.567.476.7±3.8 –70.9±3.5      Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, RutileCu206217Dereköy Cu-Mo Deposit, Dereköy, Kirklareli Province, Marmara Region, TurkeyDerekoySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0039783.380.181.7±1.6      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dickite, Enargite, Galena, Goethite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Scheelite, SphaleriteCu206214Şükrüpaşa Cu-Mo Deposit, Dereköy, Kirklareli Province, Marmara Region, TurkeySukrupasaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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