Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 258146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Phoenix Mine
Phoucasa Mine
Skouriotissa Mine

Latitude: 35°5'0"N
Longitude: 32°52'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.083333333333,32.875555555556

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.

Alunite	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Mandarinoite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Tamarugite	Voltaite

Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mandarinoite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Oregonite ()*	Paramelaconite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rectorite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na Ni O S Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coquimbite Corrensite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Mandarinoite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Tamarugite Voltaite

30 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
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	46123	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	1	46125	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	100	2	46123,46125	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	3	46123,46124,46125	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	2	46123,46125	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	100	100	1	46125	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	100	100	1	46125	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	100	100	1	46125	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	100	100	2	46123,46125	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	100	100	1	46125	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	46123	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	100	100	1	46125	107
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	100	100	2	46123,46125	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	46123	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	100	100	1	46125	142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	100	100	1	46125	2228
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	100	100	1	46125	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	1	46125	14899
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	100	100	1	46125	14
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	100	100	1	46125	254
Oregonite ()*	None	FeNi₂As₂	100	100	1	46125	5
Paramelaconite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺₂Cu²⁺₂O₃	100	100	1	46125	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	3	46123,46124,46125	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	1	46125	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	3	46123,46124,46125	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	46123	49
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	2	46123,46125	21482
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	100	100	1	46125	87
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	100	100	1	46125	1101
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	100	100	1	46125	111

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00458	100	100	Cretaceous										S	18790	Skouriotissa Mine, Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Skouriotissa	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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