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Locality Name:
Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.8

mindat Locality ID: 264943
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264943.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman, Iran": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dehaj District
Shahr Babak

Latitude: 30°29'6"N
Longitude: 55°3'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.485,55.058333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidote
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteTurquoiseZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11.210.81674021588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211.210.81674025509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11.210.816740211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411.210.81674025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11.210.816740227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O11.210.8167402925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11.210.81674025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211.210.816740227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11.210.81674023531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11.210.81674024165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11.210.81674028173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11.210.816740224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311.210.816740214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411.210.81674025591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411.210.816740214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211.210.816740212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211.210.81674025800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211.210.816740217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211.210.816740239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211.210.816740261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211.210.81674025614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11.210.816740221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311.210.81674025317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11.210.81674024899
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O11.210.8167402484
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11.210.81674025251



1 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
PorphCu-0026311.210.811.2±0.5 – 10.8±0.4 (Ar-Ar)      Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, TurquoiseCu205749Meiduk Mine (Miduk Mine; Lachah Mine), Shahr Babak, Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman, IranMeidukSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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