Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 288958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kajaran

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

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenic	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcurmolite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dickite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Arsenic Bismutite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Wurtzite

39 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	144	20	1	3846	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	144	138	1	3846	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	144	138	1	3846	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	144	20	1	3846	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	144	138	1	3846	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	144	20	1	3846	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	144	138	1	3846	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	144	138	1	3846	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	144	138	1	3846	5516
Calcurmolite ()*	None	(Ca_1-xNa_x)₂(UO₂)₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)_6-x·nH₂O	24	20	1	3847	10
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	144	138	1	3846	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	144	138	1	3846	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	144	138	1	3846	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	144	138	1	3846	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	144	138	1	3846	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	144	20	1	3846	651
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	144	138	1	3846	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	144	20	1	3846	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	144	138	1	3846	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	144	138	1	3846	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	144	138	1	3846	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	144	138	1	3846	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	144	20	1	3846	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	144	20	1	3846	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	144	20	1	3846	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	144	138	1	3846	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	144	138	1	3846	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	144	20	1	3846	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	144	138	1	3846	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	144	20	1	3846	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	144	138	1	3846	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	144	138	1	3846	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	20	1	3847	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	144	138	1	3846	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	144	138	1	3846	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	144	138	1	3846	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	144	20	1	3846	1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	24	20	1	3847	2718
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	144	138	1	3846	297

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00193	24	20	20–24		Cu	146855	Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Kadzharan	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060
PorphCu-00693	144	138	144–138	Actinolite, Albite, Ankerite, Bismuth, Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Emplectite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Cu	146855	Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia	Kadjaran	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00135	24	20		Calcurmolite	Mo	14725	Sokh-Karasu Area, Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit), Kajaran, Upper Okhca River, Kafan District (Kapan), Syunik' Province, Armenia		Melkonyan and Akopyan (2006); Bagdasaryan et al. (1969)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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