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Locality Name:
Paliokamariza Area (Paleokamariza Area), Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.6

mindat Locality ID: 275412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paliokamariza Area (Paleokamariza Area), Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Paliokamariza Mines (Paleokamariza Mines)

Latitude: 37°45'37"N
Longitude: 24°2'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.760277777778,24.048888888889

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCoronadite
CorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayleyite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chadwickite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ianthinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nováčekite-II  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O20.23.616396447
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)220.23.6263963,639643092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20.23.6263963,639643250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20.23.61639639052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20.23.616396411547
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O20.23.616396438
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O20.23.616396467
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620.23.61639631633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20.23.6263963,6396427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)20.23.61639641252
Chadwickite  (*)None(UO2)(HAsO3)20.23.61639643
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O20.23.6163963925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20.23.61639635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220.23.616396327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS20.23.61639642600
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1620.23.6163964227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1620.23.6163964599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220.23.6263963,639649895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220.23.6263963,639649617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20.23.61639637437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20.23.6263963,639646890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320.23.616396314640
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O20.23.616396431
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220.23.6263963,6396412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220.23.61639635674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220.23.616396417380
Nováčekite-II  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O20.23.61639644
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O20.23.61639642994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220.23.616396339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220.23.6263963,6396461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20.23.61639636417
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O20.23.616396456
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O20.23.6163964890
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O20.23.616396451
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)20.23.61639645251



2 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
Kristen00252620.23.611.9±8.3 age of ore formation   Yes Pb, Zn, Ag14187Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, GreeceLavrionLiati et al. (2009)10.1017/S0016756809006438GM146_732 
sedznpb-0021210710–7     Yes  1942Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, GreeceLauriumSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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