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Locality Name:
Chaos Mines, Chaos 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: 10609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaos Mines, Chaos 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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)220.23.603092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20.23.603250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20.23.609052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20.23.6027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20.23.605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220.23.6027198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1620.23.60599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220.23.609895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220.23.609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20.23.6024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20.23.607437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20.23.606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320.23.6014640
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620.23.6065
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620.23.602228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220.23.6012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220.23.605674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220.23.6039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220.23.6061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20.23.606417



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00252620.23.611.9±8.3 age of ore formation   Yes Pb, Zn, Ag14187Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, GreeceLavrionLiati et al. (2009)10.1017/S0016756809006438GM146_732 
sedznpb-0021210710–7     Yes  1942Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, GreeceLauriumSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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