Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mardzhan Deposit (Marzhansk Deposit; Marzhana Deposit; Mardjan Deposit), Sisian (Sisavan; Karakilisa), Syunik' Province, Armenia

mindat Locality ID: 295455
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295455.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mardzhan Deposit (Marzhansk Deposit; Marzhana Deposit; Mardjan Deposit), Sisian (Sisavan; Karakilisa), Syunik' Province, Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°23'1"N
Longitude: 45°51'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.383611111111,45.850833333333

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

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 localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	67
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Twinnite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	16
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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