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Locality Name:
Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 264948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan, Iran": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Piranshahr (Mokrian)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteCubaniteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21675625509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41675625516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16756227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1675624979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1675625707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216756227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1675624165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3167562802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16756224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16756230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1675622812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41675625591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416756214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216756212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21675625674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216756217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216756239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81675629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216756261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21675625614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1675625186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1675622473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16756221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131675625317



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