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Locality Name:
Radoviš (Radovish), North Macedonia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 240150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Radoviš (Radovish), North Macedonia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Borov Dol
Bučim Mine (Bucim Mine; Buchim Mine; Bučim Deposit)
Damjan Mine
Madenska River Complex

Latitude: 41°35'30"N
Longitude: 22°26'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.591666666667,22.439444444444

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteEnargiteEpidoteKaoliniteKobelliteMalachite
MeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteUllmanniteValleriiteWurtziteZircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Friedrichite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hodrušite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Laitakarite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Padĕraite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Součekite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S23231893952793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)223231893953419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS32323189395315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)23231893952734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)223231893955509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18939411547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi23231893951966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S323231893951935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS423231893955516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe22323189395361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2323289395,8939727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO223231893955171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S23231893955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22323289394,8939527198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2323189395281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2323189395966
Copper  (*)CopperCu23231893953846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52323189395344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS23231893954165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32323189395802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61893974135
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS22323189395246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42323189395910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2323289394,893958173
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18232318939543
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS232318939524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42323189395192
Gold  (*)CopperAu2323289394,8939530554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6189397741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32323289395,8939614640
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S22232318939528
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O323231893955433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)423231893955591
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe82323189395111
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6232318939580
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3232318939530
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42323189395198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42323389394,89395,8939614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22323289394,8939512537
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe22323189395155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe2323189395114
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS223231893955800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2232318939517380
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S22232318939510
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2323189395249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22323189395409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22323389394,89395,8939639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S823231893959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2232318939561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22323289394,893955614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1893944894
Součekite  (*)BournoniteCuPbBi(S,Se)323231893956
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS232318939521482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1323231893951803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO23231893951101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1323231893955317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O23231893954899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2323189395237
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32323189395297
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1893945251



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-00126232323K-Ar     Actinolite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Krennerite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Tenorite, ValleriiteCu62248Bučim Mine (Bucim Mine; Buchim Mine; Bučim Deposit), Radoviš (Radovish), North MacedoniaBuchimSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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