Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sardasht, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 277321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277321.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Barika Ore Deposit

Latitude: 36°11'29"N
Longitude: 45°38'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.191388888889,45.649722222222

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.

Baryte	Bournonite	Copper	Ferdowsiite	Geocronite	Lillianite	Madocite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenquatrandorite ()*	Barikaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Ferdowsiite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Guettardite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Seligmannite ()*	Smithite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sterryite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Trechmannite ()*

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 As Au Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Copper Ferdowsiite Geocronite Lillianite Madocite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Stibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenquatrandorite ()*	Lillianite	Ag_17.6Pb_12.8Sb_38.1As_11.5S₉₆	1	67567	1
Barikaite ()*	Sartorite	Ag₃Pb₁₀(Sb₈As₁₁)_Σ19S₄₀	1	67567	1
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67567	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	67567	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	67567	1089
Ferdowsiite ()*	Ferdowsiite	Ag₈(Sb₅As₃)S₁₆	1	67567	3
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67567	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	67567	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67567	30554
Guettardite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	1	67567	13
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	67567	300
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	67567	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67567	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67567	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	67567	712
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	1	67567	64
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	1	67567	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67567	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	67567	586
Sterryite ()*	Madocite	Cu(Ag,Cu)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As)₂S₅₆	1	67567	6
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	67567	3418
Trechmannite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	1	67567	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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