Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cha Khaton Open Pit (Chah Khatoon Open Pit), Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 28814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cha Khaton Open Pit (Chah Khatoon Open Pit), Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, Iran": 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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Orpiment	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite Feldspar Marcasite Nickeline None
Orpiment Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	62	60	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	62	60	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	62	60	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62	60	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	62	60	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	62	60	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62	60	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	62	60	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	62	60	5674
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	62	60	511
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	62	60	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	62	60	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	62	60	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62	60	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
	Bradley_2012_039	62	60	61±1	Ar/Ar			amphibole			Yes				28816	Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, Iran	Muteh Gold dep.	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

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