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Locality Name:
Pljevlja, Montenegro


mindat Locality ID: 133720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pljevlja, Montenegro": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pljevlja Mine
Suplja Stijena Mine

Latitude: 43°21'59"N
Longitude: 19°11'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.366388888889,19.196388888889

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: Al As Ba Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStanniteTetrahedriteValleriite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1853319052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18533011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218533127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18533124243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318533114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418533114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21853315674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218533139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81853319056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18533121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4185331668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131853311803
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]185331237



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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