Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kirazlı, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55.8

mindat Locality ID: 281110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirazlı, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ulutaş Cu Deposit

Latitude: 40°27'0"N
Longitude: 40°52'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.45,40.883055555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

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 Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None
Pyrite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	65.5	55.8	1	116614	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65.5	55.8	1	116614	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65.5	55.8	1	116614	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65.5	55.8	1	116614	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65.5	55.8	1	116614	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65.5	55.8	1	116614	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65.5	55.8	1	116614	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	65.5	55.8	1	116614	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65.5	55.8	1	116614	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65.5	55.8	1	116614	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65.5	55.8	1	116614	21482

1 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
	PorphCu-00403	65.5	55.8	Paleocene									Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206223	Ulutaş Cu Deposit, Kirazlı, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Uluta?	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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