Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sheykhlar, Zanjan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 540
Youngest recorded age at locality: 540

mindat Locality ID: 284944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sheykhlar, Zanjan, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Angouran Mine (Anguran Mine)

Latitude: 36°37'29"N
Longitude: 47°24'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.624722222222,47.405277777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Litharge ()*	Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Willemite ()*	Zincite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite
Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Wurtzite

29 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	540	540	1	67635	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	540	540	1	67635	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	540	540	1	67635	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	540	540	1	67635	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	540	540	1	67635	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	540	540	1	67635	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	540	540	1	67635	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	540	540	1	67635	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	540	540	1	67635	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	540	540	1	67635	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	540	540	1	67635	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	540	540	1	67635	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	540	540	1	67635	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	540	540	1	67635	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	540	540	1	67635	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	540	540	1	67635	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	540	540	1	67635	5591
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	540	540	1	67635	139
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	540	540	1	67635	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	540	540	1	67635	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	540	540	1	67635	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	540	540	1	67635	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	540	540	1	67635	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	540	540	1	67635	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	540	540	1	67635	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	540	540	1	67635	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	540	540	1	67635	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	540	540	1	67635	303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	540	540	1	67635	98

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
	sedznpb-00240	540	540	Neoproterozoic-Cambrian											25133	Angouran Mine (Anguran Mine), Sheykhlar, Zanjan, Iran	Angouran	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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