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Locality Name:
Isfahan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 89.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 29817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isfahan, Iran": 74
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ardestan County
Esfahan County (Isfahan County)
Golpayegan County
Goushfil Mine
Kashan County
Khas-e-Tarash Cave
Kolahdarvazeh Pit Mine
Nain County (Nayin County)
Najafabad County
Natanz County
Shahin Shahr And Meymeh County
Shahreza County
Tiran And Karun County

Latitude: 33°16'44"N
Longitude: 51°48'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.278888888889,51.808055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
AtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBerylCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisite
ConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDomeykite
EnargiteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsumIraniteKaolinite
KobelliteLöllingiteLinariteLindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMinium
MixiteMolybdeniteMurdochiteNatroautuniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPentlanditePerovskite
PhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRoseliteRutileScheeliteSeelite
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTyroliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWurtzite

143 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Boleite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)
Clintonite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemihedrite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Herbertsmithite  (*)
Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iranite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Koutekite  (*)
Krauskopfite  (*)Kutinaite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Lemanskiite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lindackerite  (*)Litharge  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Murdochite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Phoenicochroite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pseudoboleite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rosasite  (*)Roselite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Seelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranospinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zaratite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1673462793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)262601673143419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)6260367314,67315,673178803
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)16734941
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51673271310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)89.866367335,67340,673462734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1673511588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)262601673143092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O267338,67349445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4167340246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)767307,67322,67328,67334,67337,67340,673513250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6260467313,67315,67316,673429052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)389.866467335,67340,67347,67349544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O662601673122060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6467307,67337,67342,67351919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)289.866667304,67335,67345,67347,67349,673505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6260767304,67312,67317,67325,67329,67337,6734911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi62601673141966
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4889.86616733565
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4367337,67342,673495516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe26260167314361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)89.8601867301,67303,67309,67313,67315,67316,67319,67325,67327,67328,67329,67334,67335,67337,67340,67351,67359,6737127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6267337,67340359
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2167351309
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1673511252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)89.8661067304,67307,67329,67334,67335,67337,67340,67346,67347,673554979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S89.860667316,67337,67342,67345,67347,673495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS262601167304,67313,67315,67316,67317,67325,67327,67337,67340,67342,6734927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O89.866767335,67337,67342,67347,67349,67351,673593531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)316734243
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)216730986
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S816734982
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)167349363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O167349295
Copper  (*)CopperCu367342,67349,673593846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181673271008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16167329227
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl289.86616733554
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS89.860767313,67315,67316,67335,67340,67342,673494165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O367337,67349,673592970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)89.866367335,67337,67340378
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)489.866267335,6734757
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S6260467313,67315,67316,673491027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61673094135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O89.866167347164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26260967301,67304,67314,67317,67327,67329,67343,67351,673639895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As267345,6734973
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2167325246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4167342910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)267313,673598173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O267345,67349814
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O16734972
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21673049617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)89.866267335,6734785
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS89.8601467304,67315,67316,67317,67329,67334,67337,67342,67346,67347,67349,67355,67365,6737124243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S46260167314192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)467313,67319,67329,673517437
Gold  (*)CopperAu89.860767314,67315,67316,67325,67335,67342,6735030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31673091544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O367328,67342,673546890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1673281398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36260767312,67325,67327,67329,67342,67351,6735414640
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)289.86616733514
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O89.8661067307,67329,67334,67335,67337,67340,67342,67346,67347,673691689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl289.866267335,6734221
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O489.86616733573
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)689.866567307,67329,67335,67337,673401066
Iranite  (*)IraniteCuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)289.866267335,6734711
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4267313,673425591
Koutekite  (*)NoneCu5As2267345,6734918
Krauskopfite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·3H2O1673076
Kutinaite  (*)NoneAg6Cu14As71673457
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1673591271
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O267345,67349149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2267329,67337265
Lemanskiite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·3H2O1673497
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2267337,67340987
Lindackerite  (*)LindackeriteCu5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O1673499
Litharge  (*)NonePbO167358139
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O489.860467312,67325,67335,6734214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)289.8601367304,67307,67314,67327,67329,67335,67337,67340,67347,67349,67350,67355,6735912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)167317770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS26260367315,67316,673175674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8167349161
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O167349182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1673491066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl467334,67337,67340,673461107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4267337,67342247
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O167349168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21673425800
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl289.86616733534
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26260567313,67314,67317,67327,6735917380
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O16734913
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs267341,67349633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3167349176
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S36260267315,67316511
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2267345,6734952
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6167342158
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O167349105
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21673092273
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)89.86616733535
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl289.866167335142
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO289.866567307,67335,67337,67339,67346158
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4167349131
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21673591898
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)4889.86616733533
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS289.8601267304,67313,67314,67316,67317,67325,67342,67347,67349,67354,67359,6737139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21673513106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl267307,673341725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86260467315,67316,67317,673429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO262601567304,67312,67313,67315,67316,67317,67325,67327,67328,67337,67343,67351,67359,67367,6737161156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2167349233
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS6260267315,67316712
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)289.866367307,67335,67342454
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O16734923
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2167349317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1673424894
Seelite  (*)SeeliteMg(UO2)2(AsO3,AsO4)2·7H2O267342,673495
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O167340292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1673516417
Silver  (*)CopperAg267313,673505186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3167349531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)89.866567307,67317,67329,67335,673422473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS89.8601067315,67316,67317,67329,67337,67342,67347,67349,67365,6737121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41673091934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31673503418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS167342332
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O16734946
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131673461803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO89.866267335,673591101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131673465317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)167328299
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)262601673142562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O167349245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21673492718
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O16734951
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl89.866267335,67340605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101673091395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO489.866267335,67337303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO489.866667334,67335,67337,67340,67342,673461655
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O16734956
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O167349185
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)216734228


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_039626061±1Ar/Ar amphibole     28816Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, IranMuteh Gold dep.McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Cr-0006689.866 Stratigraphic     Fornacite, Hemihedrite, Iranite, PhoenicochroiteCr25262Chah Khouni Mine (Chah Khoni Mine; Tschah Khuni Mine; El Khun Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran Moghadam and Stern (2011)10.1111/j.1440-1738.2010.00745.xIA20_1 
Cr-0006789.866 Stratigraphic     Fornacite, IraniteCr25261Sebarz Mine (Sebraz Mine; Sebarg Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran Moghadam and Stern (2011)10.1111/j.1440-1738.2010.00745.xIA20_1 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X060011Talmessi Mine (Talmesi Mine; Telmessi Mine; Telmesi Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iranhttps://rruff.info/X060011

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