Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Crnac (Cërnac) Mine, Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 62174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crnac (Cërnac) Mine, Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°4'58"N
Longitude: 20°41'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.082777777778,20.692777777778

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	23	5.3	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	5.3	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	5.3	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	5.3	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	5317

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
	sedznpb-00392	23	5.3	Miocene							Yes				62232	Kopaonik Mine, Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo	Kopaonik	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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