Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Piranshahr (Mokrian), Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 276466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276466.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kharapeh Deposit

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

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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) ()*

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:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Cubanite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	67562	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67562	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67562	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67562	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67562	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67562	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67562	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	67562	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67562	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67562	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	67562	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67562	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67562	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67562	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	67562	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67562	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67562	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	67562	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67562	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67562	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	67562	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	67562	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67562	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	67562	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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