Alaverdi
Alaverdi-Kapan metallogenic province (Mesozoic Lesser Caucasus island arc), Armenia, Arménie
Volcanogenic massive sulfidesCu
- Type
- Volcanogenic massive sulfides (copper and polymetallic)
Armenian copper deposit sampled by the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Armenian Academy; age and type from Table 3 of Meliksetyan and Pernicka (2010): Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. Indicative coordinates.
206Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 981
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.572 ± 0.3033 | 18.1929 / 18.9262 | 4 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 4 samples, Table 6 (FG-010108, FG-010106, FG-020512, FG-020709), read from the page image. Widely scattered: the only deposit with a sample on the upper-crust evolution curve, and which also has negative model ages. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma, one of them older than 400 Ma: lead remobilised from the basement according to the authors. Mine still worked at the time of the article. | Meliksetyan and Pernicka (2010), Geochemical characterisation of Armenian Early Bronze Ag… |
207Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 981
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.6472 ± 0.0649 | 15.5865 / 15.7385 | 4 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 4 samples, Table 6 (FG-010108, FG-010106, FG-020512, FG-020709), read from the page image. Widely scattered: the only deposit with a sample on the upper-crust evolution curve, and which also has negative model ages. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma, one of them older than 400 Ma: lead remobilised from the basement according to the authors. Mine still worked at the time of the article. | Meliksetyan and Pernicka (2010), Geochemical characterisation of Armenian Early Bronze Ag… |
208Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 981
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.5885 ± 0.3134 | 38.1571 / 38.8888 | 4 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 4 samples, Table 6 (FG-010108, FG-010106, FG-020512, FG-020709), read from the page image. Widely scattered: the only deposit with a sample on the upper-crust evolution curve, and which also has negative model ages. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma, one of them older than 400 Ma: lead remobilised from the basement according to the authors. Mine still worked at the time of the article. | Meliksetyan and Pernicka (2010), Geochemical characterisation of Armenian Early Bronze Ag… |
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Alaverdi, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/alaverdi/ (accessed 2026-10-13).
@misc{isofind2026alaverdiisotopesignatures,
title = {Alaverdi, isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/alaverdi/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}Updated : 2026-10-13