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Locality Name:
Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 271119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kizilcaören REE Deposits (Kyzylkaoren)

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: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCoronaditeCorundum
DiasporeEudialyteFluoriteKaoliniteMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophane
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelThomsoniteTridymiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Brockite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eastonite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilyukhinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Strontianite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6662.611164991022
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O662.611164991627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.6111649911547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)662.61116499483
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O662.6111649948
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.6111649927770
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16662.61116499227
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6662.611164994135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2662.611164999895
Eastonite  (*)MicaKAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2662.6111649911
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2662.611164999617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.6111649924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)662.611164997437
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)662.61116499158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.6111649914640
Ilyukhinite  (*)Eudialyte(H3O,Na)14Ca6Mn2Zr3Si26O72(OH)2·3H2O662.611164992
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.611164995591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.6111649914899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O662.611164991508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2662.6111649917380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)662.61116499884
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2662.611164992273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6111649939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2662.611164993106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6111649961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2662.611164995614
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)662.61116499589
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6662.61116499105
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O662.61116499452
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2662.61116499236
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)662.611164995251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000623MAGMATIC STYLE: 50 m long dyke 1.5 m thick. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Trachyte and leucite phonolite volcanic rocks.


2 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
Jen_000062324.224.224.2K-Ar       193487Kizilcaören REE Deposits (Kyzylkaoren), Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, TurkeyKizilcaoren districtWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00640662.6Tertiary        193487Kizilcaören REE Deposits (Kyzylkaoren), Eskişehir-Beylikahir District, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, TurkeyKizilçaörenOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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