Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Apliki Mine, Apliki, Nicosia District, Cyprus

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 28109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apliki Mine, Apliki, Nicosia District, Cyprus": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 34°56'28"N
Longitude: 33°8'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.941111111111,33.139722222222

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.

Analcime	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Chalcopyrite Covellite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	145	66	1627
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482

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-00444	145	66	Cretaceous											28109	Apliki Mine, Apliki, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Apliki	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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