Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Arak County, Markazi, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.7

mindat Locality ID: 286722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arak County, Markazi, Iran": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dallil Cu Prospect
Mighan Playa

Latitude: 34°23'29"N
Longitude: 49°31'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.391388888889,49.524722222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gold ()*	Görgeyite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Thénardite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Gypsum Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

17 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	67443	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	16.1	15.7	1	67442	27198
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	67443	137
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16.1	15.7	1	67442	30554
Görgeyite ()*	None	K₂Ca₅(SO₄)₆·H₂O			1	67443	11
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	67443	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	67443	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16.1	15.7	1	67442	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	67443	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	16.1	15.7	1	67442	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	67443	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	16.1	15.7	2	67442,67443	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16.1	15.7	1	67442	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67443	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16.1	15.7	2	67442,67443	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67443	3337
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	67443	299

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-00225	16.1	15.7	15.9±0.2									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	194690	Dallil Cu Prospect, Arak County, Markazi, Iran	Dallil	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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