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:
Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 221861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Agrokipia A Deposit
Agrokipia B Deposit
Alestos Deposit
Kambia Deposit (Kampia Mine)
Kannoures Chromite Mine
Kaphedes Deposit (Kapedes Deposit)
Kokkinorotsos Chromite Mine (Chrome Mine)
Kokkinoya Deposit (Kokkinoiya Deposit)
Mazovounos Deposit
Memi Deposit
Sha Deposit (Sia Deposit)
Spilia

Latitude: 34°59'27"N
Longitude: 33°3'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.990833333333,33.053055555556

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.

Allanite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	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 Ce Cr Cu Fe H O Os Ru S Si Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Allanite-(Y) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Laurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Allanite-(Y) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaY(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	46140	28
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	46128,46135	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	78	78	2	46132,46134	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	46140	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	78	78	1	46134	110
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Fe³⁺AlFe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	46140	28
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	78	78	1	46134	226
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	46128,46135	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	2	46128,46135	21482

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00442	145	66	Cretaceous		203363	Agrokipia A Deposit, Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Agrokipia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
podchrome-01089	78	78	Late Cretaceous	Cr	175645	Kannoures Chromite Mine, Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Kannoures	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
vms-00445	145	66	Cretaceous		203367	Kaphedes Deposit (Kapedes Deposit), Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Kapedhes	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
podchrome-01087	78	78	Late Cretaceous	Cr	13939	Kokkinorotsos Chromite Mine (Chrome Mine), Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Chrome Mine	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
vms-00457	145	66	Cretaceous		203370	Sha Deposit (Sia Deposit), Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Sha	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050399	Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus	https://rruff.info/R050399

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