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Locality Name:
Chah Milleh (Chah-Mileh; Tchah-Mille), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 274847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chah Milleh (Chah-Mileh; Tchah-Mille), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chah Milleh Mine (Chah Mileh Mine; Tchah-Mille Mine)

Latitude: 33°25'56"N
Longitude: 53°48'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.432222222222,53.806388888889

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteDescloiziteLinariteMalachite
MiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1673373250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6167337919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16733711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41673375516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16733727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6167337359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1673374979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1673375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216733727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1673373531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1673372970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)167337378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16733724243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1673371689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61673371066
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2167337265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2167337987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216733712537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1673371107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4167337247
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2167337158
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216733761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16733721482
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4167337303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41673371655



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