Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Elafos 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: 275794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elafos Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Elafos Mines

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite
Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile

Adamite ()*	Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenocrandallite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Coronadite
Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile

28 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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	20.2	3.6	1	63953	254
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63953	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63953	3250
Arsenocrandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63953	12
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.2	3.6	1	63953	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63953	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63953	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63953	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63953	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20.2	3.6	1	63953	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	20.2	3.6	1	63953	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	20.2	3.6	1	63953	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20.2	3.6	1	63953	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63953	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.2	3.6	1	63953	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63953	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	5674
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.2	3.6	1	63953	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63953	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	1	63953	2473

2 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
	Kristen002526	20.2	3.6	11.9±8.3		age of ore formation					Yes			Pb, Zn, Ag	14187	Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Lavrion	Liati et al. (2009)	10.1017/S0016756809006438	GM146_732
	sedznpb-00212	10	7	10–7							Yes				1942	Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Laurium	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...