Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 133722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Belo Brdo Mine
Crnac (Cërnac) Mine
Kaludjer Deposit
Kopaonik Mine
Plakaonica Deposit

Latitude: 43°9'49"N
Longitude: 20°46'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.163611111111,20.767777777778

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	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	1	77814	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	23	5.3	2	77813,77814	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	23	5.3	1	77813	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	77814	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	77814	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	2	77813,77814	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	1	77814	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	2	77813,77814	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	1	77813	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	1	77814	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	5.3	1	77814	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	77814	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	23	5.3	1	77813	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	23	5.3	1	77813	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	2	77813,77814	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	2	77813,77814	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	1	77814	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	77814	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	2	77813,77814	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	5.3	1	77813	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	1	77814	5317

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
	sedznpb-00392	23	5.3	Miocene											62232	Kopaonik Mine, Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo	Kopaonik	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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