Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trachykera Mines, Trachykera 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: 10608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trachykera Mines, Trachykera 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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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: As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

20 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	20.2	3.6	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.2	3.6	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	20.2	3.6	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20.2	3.6	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.2	3.6	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.2	3.6	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.2	3.6	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20.2	3.6	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	20.2	3.6	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.2	3.6	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.2	3.6	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	6417
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	20.2	3.6	297

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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