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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:
Novo Selo, North Macedonia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.8

mindat Locality ID: 240147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240147.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ilovitza Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 41°22'0"N
Longitude: 22°48'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.366666666667,22.816388888889
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 C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteEnargiteMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinelWurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
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)636.434.8189366966
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S36.434.81893665707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS236.434.818936627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS36.434.81893664165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS436.434.8189366910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS36.434.818936624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O336.434.818936614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O436.434.818936614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)236.434.818936612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)236.434.818936617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236.434.818936639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO236.434.818936661156


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-0041136.434.835.6±0.8      Alunite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, PyriteCu206300Ilovitza Cu-Au Deposit, Novo Selo, North MacedoniaIlovitzaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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