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Locality Name:
Kali Kafi Mine (Kale Kafi Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 63563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kali Kafi Mine (Kale Kafi Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°32'8"N
Longitude: 54°32'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.535555555556,54.544166666667
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteAtacamiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMiniumMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
ScheeliteSeeliteSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Herbertsmithite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Seelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3043
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl2021
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)60158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Seelite  (*)SeeliteMg(UO2)2(AsO3,AsO4)2·7H2O05
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2028


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