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Locality Name:
Alaverdi Mine, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 210
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 9790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9790.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alaverdi Mine, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°6'6"N
Longitude: 44°39'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.101666666667,44.661388888889
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 As Au Bi Cu Fe Pb S Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Cu Fe Pb S Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteChalcostibiteCopperNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S16516502793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16516509052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS416516505516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S16516505707
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21651650246
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS165165024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu210145030554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2165165039462
Silver  (*)CopperAg21014505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS165165021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41651650668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1316516501803


4 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
vms-00003170168Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)     Yes  258495Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaAkhtalaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
OGR58_185-00004210145Uncertain, possibly Jurassic        9790Alaverdi Mine, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaAlaverdiMederer et al. (2014)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007OGR58_185 
vms-00004165165Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)       S9790Alaverdi Mine, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaAlaverdiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00006170168Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)     Yes  258499Shamlugh Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaShamlugMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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