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Locality Name:
Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania

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

mindat Locality ID: 22049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kabeliai Prospect
Sandrupis
Varėna Fe Deposit

Latitude: 54°4'44"N
Longitude: 24°26'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.078888888889,24.438888888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Titanite

27 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	78217	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1490	1480	2	78215,78217	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	78217	951
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈			1	78217	82
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1496	1471	1	78215	8173
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
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	78217	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	78217	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	78217	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	78217	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1496	1471	2	78215,78217	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			1	78217	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	78217	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1496	1471	2	78215,78217	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	78217	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	78216,78217	61156
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

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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