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Locality Name:
Kukës County, Albania


mindat Locality ID: 159404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159404.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kukës County, Albania": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Kostur
Kukës-Has Region (Kukes)
Nimce
Pistë (Pist?)
Rrupa
Tropoja Ophiolitic Massif

Latitude: 41°57'19"N
Longitude: 20°13'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.955277777778,20.218611111111
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 Au Ba Co Cr Cu Fe Mg Ni O Os Pb Pt Rh Ru S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperNickelineNoneOlivinePentlandite
PerovskitePotaritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelUllmannite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anduoite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Laurite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anduoite  (*)NoneRuAs2112929
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS21286,12889052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1128611547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS241278,1286,1287,128827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O461280,1282,1284,1285,1290,12923902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS11278966
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)112911188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21286,128824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21286,128830554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS11292119
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe11290128
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS211290226
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs11278633
Osmium  (*)NoneOs11290169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8112891512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221286,128839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S821278,12899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221286,128861156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs211292337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21286,128821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4112891934
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe1129066


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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