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Locality Name:
Berovo, North Macedonia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 240143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berovo, North Macedonia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kadiica Deposit (Bukovik-Kadiica Deposit; Kadica Deposit)

Latitude: 41°37'0"N
Longitude: 22°52'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.616666666667,22.883055555556
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteGermaniteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelonite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrophylliteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62420189327966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO524201893271310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24201893279052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224201893275509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)242018932711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424201893275516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)242018932727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24201893275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2242018932727198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S162420189327110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24201893274165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)2420189327481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S24201893271027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS22420189327246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42420189327910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS242018932724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24201893277437
Gold  (*)CopperAu242018932730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3242018932714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O324201893275433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624201893272228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424201893275591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42420189327198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4242018932714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2242018932712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224201893275674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8242018932792
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS224201893275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2242018932717380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2420189327249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32420189327733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2242018932739462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)22420189327771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824201893279056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224201893275614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24201893274894
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3242018932764
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24201893276417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS242018932721482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12242018932780
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42420189327337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324201893271803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324201893275317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O24201893274899
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32420189327297


1 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
PorphCu-00412242020–24      Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, PyrophylliteCu206301Kadiica Deposit (Bukovik-Kadiica Deposit; Kadica Deposit), Berovo, North MacedoniaKadiicaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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