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Locality Name:
Tinos, South Aegean, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 18
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11.5

mindat Locality ID: 305770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tinos, South Aegean, Greece": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tinos Island

Latitude: 37°34'53"N
Longitude: 25°6'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.581388888889,25.106388888889

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: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBruciteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetHeulanditeLöllingiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNonePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTalcTetrahedrite
TourmalineWurtziteXanthoconite

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervelleite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Heulandite-Na  (*)Katophorite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Krennerite  (*)
Langisite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Petzite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rickardite  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Stützite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vulcanite  (*)Weissite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1811.5264472,644752793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1811.5364472,64475,644768803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1811.5164475489
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31811.51644751534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1811.51644722734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21811.51644723092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1811.51644761036
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S31811.516447253
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1811.5164475379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1811.5264472,644759052
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S151811.516447545
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41811.51644755516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111811.5164475843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31811.51644751089
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21811.5164475462
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21811.5164475361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1811.5364472,64475,6447627770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS61811.516447291
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21811.51644725171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1811.51644724979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS1811.516447542
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21811.5264472,6447527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81811.5164476577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21811.5164471376
Copper  (*)CopperCu1811.51644753846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1811.51644724165
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1811.5164476648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1811.5364472,64475,644768173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41811.5264472,64475163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1811.5264472,6447524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1811.51644727437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1811.5264472,6447530554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S131811.516447572
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1811.5164475717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31811.516447214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1811.5164475804
Heulandite-Na  (*)Heulandite(Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)36O72·22H2O1811.516447618
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21811.516447646
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe41811.516447521
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81811.5164475111
Langisite  (*)NickelineCoAs1811.51644724
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41811.5164475198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41811.5264472,6447514899
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS81811.516447592
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21811.5164475207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21811.5364472,64475,6447617380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1811.5164475633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1811.5164475767
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21811.5164475409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1811.5164472716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31811.5164472733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31811.51644751425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21811.5364472,64475,6447739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81811.5264472,644759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21811.5464472,64475,64476,6447761156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21811.5164472233
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe21811.516447552
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1811.5164476301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1811.51644756417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1811.51644755186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1811.51644752473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1811.5264472,6447521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41811.5164475668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41811.5164472586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1811.5164475332
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)1811.516447592
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS41811.516447548
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41811.5164475337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21811.5264474,644753337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1811.5164475190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131811.51644751803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131811.5264472,644755317
Vulcanite  (*)NoneCuTe1811.516447511
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe1811.516447531
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1811.5164475372
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS31811.516447289



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
MP94_175_001The Apigania Bay vein system is hosted in marbles and schists of the Blueschist unit. Although the Apigania and Panormos Bay mineralizations are different by more than one feature; they share several geological, mineralogical, and geochemical attributes. These similarities suggest a common origin, but a different evolutionary phase of the same major ore event in the Tinos hydrothermal system.
MP94_175_aureoleThe Apigania Bay vein system is hosted in marbles and schists of the Blueschist unit. Although the Apigania and Panormos Bay mineralizations are different by more than one feature; they share several geological, mineralogical, and geochemical attributes. These similarities suggest a common origin, but a different evolutionary phase of the same major ore event in the Tinos hydrothermal system.
MP94_175_rhyolitic_dykesThe Apigania Bay vein system is hosted in marbles and schists of the Blueschist unit. Although the Apigania and Panormos Bay mineralizations are different by more than one feature; they share several geological, mineralogical, and geochemical attributes. These similarities suggest a common origin, but a different evolutionary phase of the same major ore event in the Tinos hydrothermal system.
MP94_175_Tinos_granodioriteThe Apigania Bay vein system is hosted in marbles and schists of the Blueschist unit. Although the Apigania and Panormos Bay mineralizations are different by more than one feature; they share several geological, mineralogical, and geochemical attributes. These similarities suggest a common origin, but a different evolutionary phase of the same major ore event in the Tinos hydrothermal system.


4 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
MP94_175_00114.113.914±0.1Rb-Sr       192071Apigania Bay, Tinos Island, Tinos, South Aegean, GreeceApigania BayTombros et al. (2008)10.1007/s00710-008-0019-0MP94_175whole rock Rb–Sr isochrons from titanite and apatite
MP94_175_aureole1414~14Rb-Srcontact aureole formation      192071Apigania Bay, Tinos Island, Tinos, South Aegean, GreeceApigania BayTombros et al. (2008)10.1007/s00710-008-0019-0MP94_175contact aureole formation
MP94_175_rhyolitic_dykes11.511.511.5K-ArMiocene ryolitic dikes      192071Apigania Bay, Tinos Island, Tinos, South Aegean, GreeceApigania BayTombros et al. (2008)10.1007/s00710-008-0019-0MP94_175Miocene ryolitic dikes
MP94_175_Tinos_granodiorite181518-15K-Ar amphibole, biotite     192071Apigania Bay, Tinos Island, Tinos, South Aegean, GreeceApigania BayTombros et al. (2008)10.1007/s00710-008-0019-0MP94_175 


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