Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rafsanjan County, Kerman, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.9

mindat Locality ID: 268394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rafsanjan County, Kerman, Iran": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pariz
Soridun (Seridune)

Latitude: 29°52'34"N
Longitude: 55°50'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.876111111111,55.848888888889

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Botryogen	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Millosevichite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tamarugite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Botryogen Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Malachite Melanterite Mica Millosevichite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Tamarugite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bernalite ()*	Bonattite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eriochalcite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kieserite ()*
Kornelite ()*	Leonite ()*	Lishizhenite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Millosevichite ()*	Mitscherlichite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Poitevinite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tamarugite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Yukonite ()*	Zincmelanterite ()*
Zincobotryogen ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	14.9	14.9	1	67388	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	14.9	10.9	3	67388,67390,67392	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	272
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	13.6	10.9	1	67390	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	67392	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	5509
Bernalite ()*	Perovskite	Fe(OH)₃	13.6	10.9	1	67390	8
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	1633
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	26
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14.9	10.9	3	67388,67390,67392	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14.9	10.9	3	67387,67388,67390	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	13.6	10.9	1	67390	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	13.6	10.9	1	67390	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	1027
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	164
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	13.6	10.9	1	67390	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	8173
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13.6	10.9	1	67390	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	13.6	10.9	2	67387,67390	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14.9	10.9	4	67387,67388,67390,67392	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	251
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	65
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	80
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)	13.6	10.9	1	67390	21
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	24
Lishizhenite ()*	Römerite	ZnFe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	3
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14.9	14.9	1	67388	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	12537
Millosevichite ()*	Millosevichite	Al₂(SO₄)₃	13.6	10.9	1	67390	20
Mitscherlichite ()*	None	K₂CuCl₄·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	4
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	14.9	10.9	3	67387,67388,67390	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	254
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	2349
Poitevinite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14.9	10.9	3	67387,67388,67390	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	67392	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14.9	10.9	4	67387,67388,67390,67392	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	115
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	21482
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	87
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	13.6	10.9	1	67390	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	13.6	10.9	1	67390	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	13.6	10.9	1	67390	5317
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	67392	29
Zincmelanterite ()*	Melanterite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	8
Zincobotryogen ()*	Botryogen	ZnFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	7

2 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
	PorphCu-00262	14.9	14.9	Miocene									Albite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205747	Darreh Zar Mine (Darrehzar Mine), Pariz, Rafsanjan County, Kerman, Iran	Darrehzar	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00061	13.6	10.9	13.6±0.1 – 10.9±0.1									Anhydrite, Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	21589	Sar Cheshmeh Mine (Sarcheshmeh Mine), Pariz, Rafsanjan County, Kerman, Iran	Sar Cheshmeh	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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