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Locality Name:
Maronia, Rhodope, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 203675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maronia, Rhodope, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maronia Cu-Mo Deposit
Melilitic Skarn Occurrence

Latitude: 40°52'0"N
Longitude: 25°33'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.866666666667,25.554722222222

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 As Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DiasporeEpidoteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PectolitePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)364601642611534
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S331271642601935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113127164260843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS331271642601089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6427264260,6426127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2312716426027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS23127164260162
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS31271642604165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33127164260802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O664601642614135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)31271642608173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS43127164260163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS312716426024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)31271642607437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)364601642611544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3312716426014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)431271642605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4312716426014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2312716426012537
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S243127164260158
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS231271642605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2312716426017380
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)6460164261363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S831271642601512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO36460164261495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)264601642612273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2312716426039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)23127164260771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S831271642609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2312716426061156
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl6460164261444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS312716426021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1331271642601803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1331271642605317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O6427264260,642614899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1064601642611395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO364601642611247
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S423127164260228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)31271642605251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)31271642601025



2 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
Bradley_2012_006646062U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  42868Rhodope, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece[Kimi Complex]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
PorphCu-00100312729±2      Bismuthinite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcostibite, Cubanite, Epidote, Famatinite, Galena, Goethite, Magnetite, Meneghinite, Molybdenite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, ZinkeniteCu42676Maronia Cu-Mo Deposit, Maronia, Rhodope, East Macedonia And Thrace, GreeceMaroniaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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