Shamlug
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. Deposit not located: the place cited in the source could not be tied to reliable coordinates.
206Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 981
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.5209 ± 0.0145 | 18.5047 / 18.5325 | 3 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) and galena or galena-chalcopyrite concentrate Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 3 samples, Table 6 (FG-020513, FG-020526, FG-010114), read from the page image. One of the three deposits where galena or a galena-chalcopyrite concentrate was analysed to test lead homogeneity between minerals. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.6159 ± 0.0133 | 15.6006 / 15.6243 | 3 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) and galena or galena-chalcopyrite concentrate Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 3 samples, Table 6 (FG-020513, FG-020526, FG-010114), read from the page image. One of the three deposits where galena or a galena-chalcopyrite concentrate was analysed to test lead homogeneity between minerals. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.5279 ± 0.0534 | 38.468 / 38.5705 | 3 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) and galena or galena-chalcopyrite concentrate Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 3 samples, Table 6 (FG-020513, FG-020526, FG-010114), read from the page image. One of the three deposits where galena or a galena-chalcopyrite concentrate was analysed to test lead homogeneity between minerals. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma according to the authors. Mine still worked at the time of the article. | Meliksetyan and Pernicka (2010), Geochemical characterisation of Armenian Early Bronze Ag… |
Deposits of the same type
- Iberian Pyrite Belt (representative example) Spain/Portugal
- Neves-Corvo Portugal
- Kidd Creek Canada
- Flin Flon Canada
- Rio Tinto Spain
- Cyclades (Kondaros-Katsimouti and Triades) Greece
- Boliden Sweden
- Tharsis Spain
Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Shamlug, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/shamlug/ (accessed 2026-10-13).
@misc{isofind2026shamlugisotopesignatures,
title = {Shamlug, isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/shamlug/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}Updated : 2026-10-13