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Locality Name:
Plavica Deposit (Plavica-Zlatica Deposit; Plavitsa Deposit), Kratovo-Zletovo Ore District, Probistip, North Macedonia


mindat Locality ID: 40794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plavica Deposit (Plavica-Zlatica Deposit; Plavitsa Deposit), Kratovo-Zletovo Ore District, Probistip, North Macedonia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAuricuprideBaryteBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteKaoliniteMalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bezsmertnovite  (*)Bilibinskite  (*)
Bogdanovite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lazurite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bezsmertnovite  (*)None(Au,Ag)4Cu(Te,Pb)06
Bilibinskite  (*)NonePbAu3Cu2Te2012
Bogdanovite  (*)Auricupride(Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)011
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O037
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3064
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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