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Locality Name:
Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.6

mindat Locality ID: 18504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Barbara Mine
Maria Mine
Sounion Mine No. 6 ("Exi Mine")

Latitude: 37°41'3"N
Longitude: 24°1'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.684166666667,24.0175

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Aubertite	Baryte
Bismutite	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chenite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite
Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Diaspore	Enargite	Epsomite	Fairfieldite	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite
Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Minium	Mixite	Murdochite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Woodwardite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Aubertite Baryte
Bismutite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chenite Clay Corundum Covellite
Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Enargite Epsomite Fairfieldite Fluorite Fornacite Gypsum Hydrotalcite
Kaolinite Ktenasite Malachite Marcasite Mica Minium Mixite Murdochite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Woodwardite Wurtzite

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(La) ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Arzrunite ()*
Aubertite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Collinsite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Devilline ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*
Hydrowoodwardite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Murdochite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Parádsasvárite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sauconite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Segnitite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Shannonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Zincowoodwardite ()*

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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	254
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63987	33
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63985,63987	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	3092
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	3250
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63987	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	9052
Arzrunite ()*	None	Pb₂Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₄Cl₆·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63986	2
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63986	13
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	5509
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63986	716
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	20.2	3.6	1	63986	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63986	40
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	20.2	3.6	1	63987	1382
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63987	38
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	363
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63987	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63986	179
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63985,63987	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	20.2	3.6	1	63986	910
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	20.2	3.6	1	63987	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	20.2	3.6	1	63987	85
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	20.2	3.6	2	63985,63987	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20.2	3.6	1	63985	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63985,63987	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	20.2	3.6	1	63987	73
Hydrowoodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	20.2	3.6	1	63986	16
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63987	2228
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63986	18
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	20.2	3.6	1	63986	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	20.2	3.6	1	63986	247
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	34
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63985	17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63986	64
Parádsasvárite ()*	Malachite	Zn₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63987	7
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	20.2	3.6	1	63986	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	20.2	3.6	2	63986,63987	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	2	63985,63987	454
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63985,63986	56
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63987	142
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63986	134
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63985	292
Shannonite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63986	8
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3	63985,63986,63987	2473
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63985	433
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	20.2	3.6	1	63987	63
Zincowoodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	20.2	3.6	1	63986	12

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
	Kristen002526	20.2	3.6	11.9±8.3		age of ore formation					Yes			Pb, Zn, Ag	14187	Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Lavrion	Liati et al. (2009)	10.1017/S0016756809006438	GM146_732
	sedznpb-00212	10	7	10–7							Yes				1942	Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Laurium	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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