Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Botsaris 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: 194577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Botsaris Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Botsaris Mines

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Minium	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scrutinyite ()*	Siderite ()*

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: As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Columbite
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Minium None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

30 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	20.2	3.6	1	63943	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63943	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.2	3.6	1	63943	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63943	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63943	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63943	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63943	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63943	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20.2	3.6	1	63943	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	20.2	3.6	1	63943	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	20.2	3.6	1	63943	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63943	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.2	3.6	1	63943	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20.2	3.6	1	63943	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63943	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.2	3.6	1	63943	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	20.2	3.6	1	63943	247
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	20.2	3.6	1	63943	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	61156
Scrutinyite ()*	Columbite	PbO₂	20.2	3.6	1	63943	6
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63943	6417

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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