Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Konos Porphyry, Kassiteres-Sapes Area, Xanthi, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 309473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Konos Porphyry, Kassiteres-Sapes Area, Xanthi, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Germanite	Gypsum	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Enargite Germanite Gypsum Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	5.3	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	5.3	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	33.9	5.3	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.9	5.3	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	33.9	5.3	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	33.9	5.3	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.9	5.3	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	5.3	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33.9	5.3	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.9	5.3	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	5.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	33.9	5.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33.9	5.3	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	5.3	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	33.9	5.3	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33.9	5.3	5317

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
	PorphCu-00313	33.9	5.3	Oligocene-Miocene							Yes		Actinolite, Albite, Altaite, Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Kaolinite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite	Cu	205937	Kassiteres-Sapes Area, Xanthi, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece	Kassiteres	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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