Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kabeliai Prospect, Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania

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

mindat Locality ID: 204073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kabeliai Prospect, Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°56'16"N
Longitude: 24°18'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.937777777778,24.300277777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Spinel

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Molybdenite None Pyrite Spinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1490	1480	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1496	1471	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1496	1471	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1496	1471	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1496	1471	39462

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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