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Locality Name:
Chah Khouni Mine (Chah Khoni Mine; Tschah Khuni Mine; El Khun Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 89.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 25262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chah Khouni Mine (Chah Khoni Mine; Tschah Khuni Mine; El Khun Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°26'21"N
Longitude: 54°11'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.439166666667,54.199166666667

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Covellite	Descloizite	Fornacite
Iranite	Malachite	Murdochite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phenakite	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Boleite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Diaboleite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Gold ()*	Hemihedrite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Herbertsmithite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Iranite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pseudoboleite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Copper Covellite Descloizite Fornacite
Iranite Malachite Murdochite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phenakite Rutile Scheelite Spinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	89.8	66	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	89.8	66	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	89.8	66	5509
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	89.8	66	65
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	89.8	66	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	89.8	66	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	89.8	66	3531
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	89.8	66	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	89.8	66	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	89.8	66	378
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	89.8	66	57
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	89.8	66	85
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	89.8	66	30554
Hemihedrite ()*	Iranite	ZnPb₁₀(CrO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	89.8	66	14
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	89.8	66	1689
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	89.8	66	21
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	89.8	66	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	89.8	66	1066
Iranite ()*	Iranite	CuPb₁₀(CrO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	89.8	66	11
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	89.8	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	89.8	66	12537
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	89.8	66	34
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	89.8	66	35
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	89.8	66	142
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	89.8	66	158
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	89.8	66	33
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	89.8	66	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	89.8	66	2473
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	89.8	66	1101
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	89.8	66	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	89.8	66	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	89.8	66	1655

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
	Cr-00066	89.8	66		Stratigraphic								Fornacite, Hemihedrite, Iranite, Phoenicochroite	Cr	25262	Chah Khouni Mine (Chah Khoni Mine; Tschah Khuni Mine; El Khun Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran		Moghadam and Stern (2011)	10.1111/j.1440-1738.2010.00745.x	IA20_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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