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Locality Name:
Megala Pefka 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: 28996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Megala Pefka Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Megala Pefka Mines

Latitude: 37°41'57"N
Longitude: 24°0'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.699166666667,24.01

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Minium
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spangolite

Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elyite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grandreefite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Laurelite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spangolite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Connellite
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Linarite Malachite Marcasite Minium
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spangolite

41 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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63959	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63959	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3	63959,63960,63961	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	20.2	3.6	1	63959	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63959	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	9895
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63959	85
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.2	3.6	3	63959,63960,63961	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	7437
Grandreefite ()*	None	Pb₂(SO₄)F₂	20.2	3.6	1	63959	2
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	14640
Laurelite ()*	None	Pb₇F₁₂Cl₂	20.2	3.6	1	63959	3
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63959	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	20.2	3.6	2	63958,63959	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	20.2	3.6	1	63959	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	20.2	3.6	1	63959	247
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	1	63960	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	2	63959,63960	6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	20.2	3.6	1	63959	105

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

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