Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lithuania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1496
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1471

mindat Locality ID: 18737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lithuania": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alytus County
Kaunas County
Klaipėda County
Marijampolė County
Panevėžys County
Šiauliai County
Tauragė County
Telšiai County
Utena County
Vilnius County

Latitude: 55°14'13"N
Longitude: 23°45'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.236944444444,23.755555555556

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.

Amphibole	Barringerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite
Tochilinite	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Barringerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferrosilite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Barringerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite
Tochilinite Tridymite Zircon

46 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	78217	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	78225	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	78241,78262	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	78241,78262	2060
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P			1	78241	22
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	78217,78221,78247,78253,78268	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1490	1480	2	78215,78217	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	78241,78262	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	78217	951
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈			1	78217	82
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	78241	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	78250	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	78241	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1496	1471	1	78215	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	78241	371
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆			1	78241	84
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	78217	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	78217	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	78217	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	78217	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	78240,78242	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	78217	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	78217	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			4	78217,78231,78241,78262	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	78224,78255,78265	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	78217	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1496	1471	4	78215,78217,78231,78241	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	78217	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1496	1471	1	78215	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	78217	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	78217,78241	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	78217	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			2	78241,78262	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1496	1471	2	78215,78217	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	78217,78241	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	78216,78217,78221,78227,78253,78268	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	78231	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	78241	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	78217	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	78217	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	78217	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	78217	4899
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]			1	78241	56
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	78262	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			2	78241,78262	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	78231,78262	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002259	1490	1480	1490-1480	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite	Cu, Mo	204073	Kabeliai Prospect, Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania	Kabeliai Cu-Mo Prospect	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00407	1496	1484	1490±6	Re-Os		molybdenite	SW93-KA1	Molybdenite	Mo	204073	Kabeliai Prospect, Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania	Kabeliai	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329
Mo-00408	1487	1471	1479±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	SW93-KA1	Molybdenite	Mo	204073	Kabeliai Prospect, Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania	Kabeliai	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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