Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 135
Youngest recorded age at locality: 135

mindat Locality ID: 28108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bati Kef Chromite Deposit (Batikef)
Dogu Kef Deposit
E10
Kefdag Chromite Mine

Latitude: 38°25'0"N
Longitude: 39°54'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.416666666667,39.9

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	Auricupride	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Garnet	Millerite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Spinel

Awaruite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Millerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Chlorite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Garnet Millerite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyroxene Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	135	135	1	116600	166
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	135	135	4	116600,116601,116602,116603	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	135	135	0		1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	135	135	1	116600	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	135	135	1	116600	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	135	135	1	116600	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	135	135	1	116600	1027
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	135	135	0		944
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	135	135	2	116600,116603	205
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	135	135	1	116600	451
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	135	135	2	116600,116603	1066
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	135	135	1	116600	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	135	135	0		2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	135	135	0		212

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-00777	135	135	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous										Cr	28115	Bati Kef Chromite Deposit (Batikef), Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Bati Kef	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00779	135	135	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous										Cr	194763	Dogu Kef Deposit, Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Dogu Kef	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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