Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
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: 28816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mooteh Mine (Muteh Mine), Mooteh District (Muteh District), Golpayegan (Golpayan), Golpayegan County, Isfahan, Iran": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cha Khaton Open Pit (Chah Khatoon Open Pit)
Senjedeh Open Pit

Latitude: 33°45'0"N
Longitude: 50°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.75,50.75

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar
Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Feldspar
Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	62	60	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	62	60	1	67315	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	62	60	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	62	60	2	67315,67316	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	62	60	0		1966
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	62	60	0		361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	62	60	2	67315,67316	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62	60	1	67316	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62	60	2	67315,67316	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	62	60	2	67315,67316	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	62	60	2	67315,67316	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	62	60	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62	60	2	67315,67316	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	62	60	0		192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	62	60	2	67315,67316	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62	60	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	62	60	2	67315,67316	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	62	60	0		17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	62	60	2	67315,67316	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62	60	1	67316	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	62	60	2	67315,67316	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	62	60	2	67315,67316	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	62	60	2	67315,67316	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62	60	2	67315,67316	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	62	60	0		2562

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							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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