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Locality Name:
Malāyer, Hamadan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 281350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malāyer, Hamadan, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Āhangarān Pb-Ag Deposit

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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeEnargiteMalachite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1451001672792793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1451001672792734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21451001672795509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14510016727911547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1451001672794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214510016727927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1451001672793846
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4145100167279910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14510016727924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1451001672797437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314510016727914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1451001672791689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414510016727914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214510016727912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214510016727939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81451001672799056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1451001672796417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14510016727921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131451001672795317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00239145100Early Cretaceous        223323Āhangarān Pb-Ag Deposit, Malāyer, Hamadan, IranĀhangarānSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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