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Locality Name:
Skouriotissa Mine, Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 18790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18790.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skouriotissa Mine, Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°5'46"N
Longitude: 32°53'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.096111111111,32.892222222222

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coquimbite	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Mandarinoite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tamarugite	Voltaite

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Idaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mandarinoite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Oregonite ()*	Paramelaconite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Voltaite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Na Ni O S Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K Na Ni O S Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Copper Coquimbite Covellite Diaspore Digenite Mandarinoite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tamarugite Voltaite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	100	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	100	100	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	100	100	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	100	100	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	100	100	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	100	100	1027
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	100	100	107
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	100	100	7437
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	100	100	142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	100	100	2228
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	100	100	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	14899
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	100	100	14
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	100	100	254
Oregonite ()*	None	FeNi₂As₂	100	100	5
Paramelaconite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺₂Cu²⁺₂O₃	100	100	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	21482
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	100	100	87
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	100	100	1101
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	100	100	111

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
	vms-00458	100	100	Cretaceous										S	18790	Skouriotissa Mine, Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Skouriotissa	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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