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Locality Name:
Barika Ore Deposit, Sardasht, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 248228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barika Ore Deposit, Sardasht, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°11'30"N
Longitude: 45°39'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.191666666667,45.65
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 As Au Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBournoniteCopperFerdowsiiteGeocroniteLillianiteMadociteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSartoriteSphaleriteStibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenquatrandorite  (*)Barikaite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Ferdowsiite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)Guettardite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Seligmannite  (*)Smithite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sterryite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Trechmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenquatrandorite  (*)LillianiteAg17.6Pb12.8Sb38.1As11.5S9601
Barikaite  (*)SartoriteAg3Pb10(Sb8As11)Σ19S4001
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Ferdowsiite  (*)FerdowsiiteAg8(Sb5As3)S1603
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S230133
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Guettardite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4013
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3064
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS2011
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Sterryite  (*)MadociteCu(Ag,Cu)3Pb19(Sb,As)22(As)2S5606
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS207


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