Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bati Kef Chromite Deposit (Batikef), Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

Oldest recorded age at locality: 135
Youngest recorded age at locality: 135

mindat Locality ID: 28115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28115.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bati Kef Chromite Deposit (Batikef), Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elazig Province, Eastern 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.

Auricupride	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Spinel

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: Cr Cu Fe Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr Cu Fe Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Copper Covellite Digenite Millerite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Awaruite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Millerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	135	135	166
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	135	135	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	135	135	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	135	135	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	135	135	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	135	135	1027
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	135	135	205
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	135	135	451
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	135	135	1066
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	135	135	1101

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
	podchrome-00777	135	135	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous										Cr	28115	Bati Kef Chromite Deposit (Batikef), Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elazig Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Bati Kef	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

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