Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sisian (Sisavan; Karakilisa), Syunik' Province, Armenia

mindat Locality ID: 295454
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295454.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sisian (Sisavan; Karakilisa), Syunik' Province, Armenia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mardzhan Deposit (Marzhansk Deposit; Marzhana Deposit; Mardjan Deposit)

Latitude: 39°23'0"N
Longitude: 45°51'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.383333333333,45.850833333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Geocronite	Marcasite
Melonite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite	Zinkenite

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Petzite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Twinnite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Enargite Geocronite Marcasite
Melonite None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite Zinkenite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	3852	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	3852	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3852	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3852	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	3852	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	3852	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3852	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3852	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3852	27198
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	1	3852	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	3852	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3852	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	3852	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3852	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3852	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	3852	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	3852	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	3852	5674
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	3852	67
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	3852	511
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	3852	409
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	3852	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3852	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3852	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	3852	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	3852	1711
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	1	3852	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	3852	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3852	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3852	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	3852	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	3852	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	3852	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3852	5317
Twinnite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	1	3852	16
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	3852	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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