Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Horoz, Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 352
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 193906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Horoz, Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Garnet	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Garnet Malachite None Pyrite Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	352	252	1534
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	352	252	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	352	252	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	352	252	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	352	252	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00434	352	252	Late Paleozoic							Yes				146060	Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey	Bolkardag	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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