Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Centralni East, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 148.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 140.5

mindat Locality ID: 258531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centralni East, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°14'1"N
Longitude: 46°23'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.233611111111,46.396944444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Germanite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Hematite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Cu Fe Ge O Pb S Sb V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe Ge O Pb S Sb V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Enargite Germanite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	148.9	140.5	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	148.9	140.5	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	148.9	140.5	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	148.9	140.5	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	148.9	140.5	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	148.9	140.5	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	148.9	140.5	33
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	148.9	140.5	14640
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	148.9	140.5	198
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	148.9	140.5	39462
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	148.9	140.5	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	148.9	140.5	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	148.9	140.5	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	148.9	140.5	5317

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
	OGR58_185-00002	148.9	140.5	144.7±4.2	Re-Os										258531	Centralni East, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Centralni East	Mederer et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007	OGR58_185

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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