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Locality Name:
Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 136

mindat Locality ID: 258495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258495.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 41°9'17"N
Longitude: 44°45'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.154722222222,44.765
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 Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNoneRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S17013602793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)170136011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS417013605516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO217013605171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S17013605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2170136027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS170136024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu170136030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS217013605674
Silver  (*)CopperAg17013605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS170136021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1317013601803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1317013605317


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
OGR58_185-00007155.5144.5150±5.5K-Ar       258495Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaAkhtalaMederer et al. (2014)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007OGR58_185 
OGR58_185-00008146136141±5K-Ar       258495Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaAkhtalaMederer et al. (2014)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.10.007OGR58_185 
vms-00003170168Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)        258495Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), ArmeniaAkhtalaMoiser 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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