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Locality Name:
Kosovo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 50143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kosovo": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
District Of Đakovica (District Of Gjakova)
District Of Ferizaj
District Of Gjilan
District Of Kosovska Mitrovica
District Of Peja (District Of Peć)
District Of Pristina (District Of Prishtina)
District Of Prizren
Metohija

Latitude: 42°37'47"N
Longitude: 21°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.629722222222,21

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrauniteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DiasporeEnargiteEpidoteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteIronKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingite
LillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite
StruviteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteValleriiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteXanthoconite

103 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Babkinite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cannizzarite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Childrenite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chromium  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Falkmanite  (*)
Ferrokësterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Giessenite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heteromorphite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Howieite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Ingodite  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludlamite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Plumosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Struvite  (*)Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)Talc  (*)
Telluronevskite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tintinaite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2235.31778103419
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S2235.317781028
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)235.31778102734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2235.3277810,778143092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)235.31778103250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS235.3577810,77813,77814,77830,778409052
Babkinite  (*)TetradymitePb2Bi2(S,Se)3235.31778102
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)235.317781011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi235.3277810,778131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3235.31778101935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4235.31778105516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11235.3277810,77825843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3235.3277810,778301089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)177800483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)235.3277810,7781427770
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S23235.317781041
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)235.3277810,778144979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O235.3177810925
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O235.3177810197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2235.3677810,77813,77814,77827,77830,7784027198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O235.317781093
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41777973902
Chromium  (*)IronCr17782726
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16235.3177810227
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5235.3177810344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS235.31778104165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6235.3177810310
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3235.3277810,77830802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2177800327
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4235.3177810651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6235.31778104135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2235.3277810,778149895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4235.3177810910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)235.31778108173
Falkmanite  (*)NonePb3Sb2S6235.317781017
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4235.317781013
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12235.3177810663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3235.3177810105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS235.31177810,77813,77814,77825,77827,77830,77831,77832,77833,77835,7784024243
Giessenite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)2Pb26.4(Bi,Sb)19.6S57235.317781018
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)277824,778277437
Gold  (*)CopperAu235.3377810,77813,7783030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O235.31778106890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6235.3177810741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3235.3377800,77810,7782714640
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19235.317781038
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S9235.317781066
Howieite  (*)NoneNa(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al,Mg)12(Si6O17)2(O,OH)1017780016
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3235.317781054
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)235.3177810197
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS235.317781030
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57235.317781025
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14235.3177810784
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2235.317781050
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S235.317781086
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4235.3377803,77814,778275591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35235.317781087
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6235.3177810128
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4177827359
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2235.3177810762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O235.317781066
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)235.3177810451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)277827,778371487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4235.3377810,77827,7783014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217784012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2235.3377810,77825,778305674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O235.3177810915
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O235.31778141508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2235.3377800,77810,7781417380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs177837633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O277824,77827471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O377821,77824,778272994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21778002273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)177800260
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S5235.317781018
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]235.3177810716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3235.3177813733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3235.3277810,778131425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2235.3877810,77813,77814,77825,77830,77831,77833,7783539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21778253106
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3235.317781084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8235.3477810,77813,77814,778309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2235.3677800,77810,77814,77824,77827,7783261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)235.31778101711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)235.31778104894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)235.3377807,77810,778146417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)235.31778102473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31778001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS235.31277807,77810,77813,77814,77825,77827,77830,77831,77832,77833,77835,7784021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4235.3477810,77825,77830,77835668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4235.3177810586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3235.31778103418
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O235.317781030
Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)NoneCaNd(CO3)2F1778207
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21778003337
Telluronevskite  (*)TetradymiteBi3TeSe2235.31778103
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13235.3277810,778131803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S235.3177810510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13235.3277810,778145317
Tintinaite  (*)KobellitePb10Cu2Sb16S35235.317781024
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]235.3177810237
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O235.3177810636
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3235.31778101247



2 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
sedznpb-00394235.3Miocene        3052Trepča Stan Terg Mine (Stari Trg Mine; Trepča Mine; Stan Trg Mine), Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, KosovoTrepčaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-00392235.3Miocene        62232Kopaonik Mine, Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, KosovoKopaonikSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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