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Locality Name:
Sounion Sulfate Locality, Sounion 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: 294073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sounion Sulfate Locality, Sounion Area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°39'22"N
Longitude: 24°0'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.656111111111,24.008333333333

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.

Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Römerite
Sulphur	Tamarugite	Voltaite

Alunogen ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goldichite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Kornelite ()*	Krausite ()*
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Parabutlerite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tamarugite ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Coquimbite Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Marcasite Melanterite Metavoltine None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Römerite
Sulphur Tamarugite Voltaite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	272
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	3250
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	20.2	3.6	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.2	3.6	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.2	3.6	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	20.2	3.6	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	20.2	3.6	136
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	20.2	3.6	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	20.2	3.6	484
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	20.2	3.6	41
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	20.2	3.6	107
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20.2	3.6	7437
Goldichite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	20.2	3.6	12
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	20.2	3.6	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	20.2	3.6	251
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)	20.2	3.6	21
Krausite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·H₂O	20.2	3.6	21
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	20.2	3.6	54
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	20.2	3.6	915
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	20.2	3.6	78
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	20.2	3.6	23
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	20.2	3.6	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.2	3.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.2	3.6	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	20.2	3.6	115
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	20.2	3.6	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	20.2	3.6	87
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	20.2	3.6	111

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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