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:
Paphos District (Pafos District), Cyprus

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 125609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paphos District (Pafos District), Cyprus": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Limni Mine (Limni Madeni; Metalleíon Límnis)
Polis

Latitude: 35°2'27"N
Longitude: 32°28'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.040833333333,32.481111111111

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	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Pyrite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite None Pyrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	100	100	1	46142	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	1	46142	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	46142,46145	27198
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	66	1	46145	65
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	46142,46145	39462

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
	vms-00449	100	100	Cretaceous										S	28152	Limni Mine (Limni Madeni; Metalleíon Límnis), Paphos District (Pafos District), Cyprus	Limni	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00448	145	66	Cretaceous											131670	Kinousa Mine, Kinousa (Kynussa), Polis, Paphos District (Pafos District), Cyprus	Kynousa	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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