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Locality Name:
Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 146
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 2780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°30'41"N
Longitude: 46°4'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.511388888889,46.073888888889

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copiapite
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Modderite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Roselite
Spinel	Titanite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calciocopiapite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Glaucodot ()*
Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Modderite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roselite ()*	Titanite ()*
Wendwilsonite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copiapite
Corundum Covellite Epidote Garnet Malachite Modderite None Not in a structural group Quartz Roselite
Spinel Titanite Vivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	146	64	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	146	64	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	146	64	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	146	64	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	146	64	5516
Calciocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	CaFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	146	64	1
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	146	64	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	146	64	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	146	64	577
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	146	64	203
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	146	64	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	146	64	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	146	64	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	146	64	814
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	146	64	131
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	146	64	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	146	64	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	146	64	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	146	64	12537
Modderite ()*	Modderite	CoAs	146	64	5
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	146	64	309
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂Cl₂	146	64	9
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	146	64	61156
Roselite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	146	64	23
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	146	64	4899
Wendwilsonite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	146	64	8

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Kristen002131	146	126	136±10	fission track	apatite	2780	Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan	Dashkesan Ore Deposit	Vardzelashvili et al. (1992)	DAN323_108
Kristen002132	134	112	123±11	fission track	apatite	2780	Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan	Dashkesan Ore Deposit	Vardzelashvili et al. (1992)	DAN323_108
Kristen002133	76	64	70±6	fission track	apatite	2780	Dashkesan Co-Fe Deposit (Dashkezan), Dashkesan, Daşkəsən District (Daskasan; Dashkyasan), Azerbaijan	Dashkesan Ore Deposit	Vardzelashvili et al. (1992)	DAN323_108

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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