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Locality Name:
Sarajevo Canton, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 237

mindat Locality ID: 159605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarajevo Canton, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bosnia And Herzegovina": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Borovica
Ilijaš Municipality
Sarajevo
Vareš

Latitude: 44°2'57"N
Longitude: 18°17'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.049166666667,18.287222222222

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBournoniteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteGypsum
HexahydriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Galena  (*)
Gaspéite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21268083092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21267995509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)247237526799,26803,26805,26808,2680911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41268035516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11126808843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31267991089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)126801483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)247237426799,26805,26808,2680927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2226799,2680327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41268063902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1268083846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31268101797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1267994165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16126801599
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS247237426799,26805,26808,2680924243
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)12680622
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1267996890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4126801350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3226801,2680814640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16126801243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2226799,2680812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)126801770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21267995674
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O12680637
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2247237426799,26805,26808,2680939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212680861156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O12680655
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1268011711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1268086417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS247237426799,26805,26808,2680921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41268061934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131267995317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00053247237Middle Triassic        263391Veovača, Vareš, Sarajevo Canton, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bosnia And HerzegovinaVeovačaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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