Sisamadan
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): Middle Eocene. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.4453 ± 0.197 | 18.306 / 18.5846 | 2 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 samples, Table 6 (FG-020520, FG-020705), read from the page image. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma according to the authors. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.6179 ± 0.0092 | 15.6114 / 15.6244 | 2 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 samples, Table 6 (FG-020520, FG-020705), read from the page image. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma according to the authors. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.5254 ± 0.2237 | 38.3673 / 38.6836 | 2 | copper ore (chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 samples, Table 6 (FG-020520, FG-020705), read from the page image. Some samples have model ages older than 200 Ma according to the authors. | 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). Sisamadan, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/sisamadan/ (accessed 2026-10-13).
@misc{isofind2026sisamadanisotopesignatures,
title = {Sisamadan, isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/sisamadan/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}Updated : 2026-10-13