Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Barbara Mine, Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.6

mindat Locality ID: 220616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barbara Mine, Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece": 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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite

Adamite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sauconite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	20.2	3.6	254
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	20.2	3.6	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	20.2	3.6	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	3092
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	20.2	3.6	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.2	3.6	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.2	3.6	9617
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	20.2	3.6	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.2	3.6	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	20.2	3.6	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20.2	3.6	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20.2	3.6	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.2	3.6	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	20.2	3.6	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.2	3.6	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	454
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	20.2	3.6	56
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	2473
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	20.2	3.6	433

2 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
	Kristen002526	20.2	3.6	11.9±8.3		age of ore formation					Yes			Pb, Zn, Ag	14187	Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Lavrion	Liati et al. (2009)	10.1017/S0016756809006438	GM146_732
	sedznpb-00212	10	7	10–7							Yes				1942	Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Laurium	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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