Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xanthi, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 10647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xanthi, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kassiteres-Sapes Area
Kimmeria
Lefkopetra
Xanthi

Latitude: 41°0'59"N
Longitude: 25°45'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.016388888889,25.766388888889

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Germanite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Wollastonite
Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb Re S Sb Si Te Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Germanite Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Wollastonite
Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Colusite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Petzite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rheniite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Semseyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	33.9	5.3	1	64304	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	33.9	5.3	1	64304	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64305	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	64309,64311	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	33.9	5.3	1	64308	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	5.3	4	64304,64305,64306,64308	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	64310	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	5.3	4	64304,64305,64306,64308	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	33.9	5.3	2	64305,64306	110
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	33.9	5.3	2	64305,64307	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.9	5.3	4	64304,64306,64308,64309	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64305	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	33.9	5.3	1	64306	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	33.9	5.3	4	64304,64305,64306,64308	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	64309,64310	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.9	5.3	4	64304,64305,64306,64308	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33.9	5.3	2	64308,64310	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	72
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	64309	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	5.3	3	64305,64306,64308	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64305	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33.9	5.3	1	64306	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	64309	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.9	5.3	3	64305,64306,64309	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	5.3	3	64304,64305,64307	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.9	5.3	1	64305	128
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	409
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	64309	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	5.3	6	64304,64305,64306,64308,64309,64310	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64305	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	33.9	5.3	2	64306,64308	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33.9	5.3	6	64305,64306,64308,64309,64310,64311	61156
Rheniite ()*	None	ReS₂	33.9	5.3	1	64305	8
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	64309,64311	4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	33.9	5.3	1	64308	165
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	5.3	4	64304,64305,64306,64308	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	33.9	5.3	1	64304	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	33.9	5.3	1	64304	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	33.9	5.3	3	64304,64306,64308	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	33.9	5.3	2	64304,64308	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33.9	5.3	3	64304,64306,64308	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	33.9	5.3	1	64308	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	33.9	5.3	1	64305	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	64312	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			3	64309,64310,64311	1247
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	5.3	2	64305,64308	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	33.9	5.3	1	64305	86

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
	PorphCu-00313	33.9	5.3	Oligocene-Miocene									Actinolite, Albite, Altaite, Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Kaolinite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite	Cu	205937	Kassiteres-Sapes Area, Xanthi, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece	Kassiteres	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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