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Locality Name:
Skouries Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19

mindat Locality ID: 9706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skouries Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°28'19"N
Longitude: 23°42'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.471944444444,23.703333333333
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Te Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Te Th Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteIsomertieiteKaoliniteMalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteZircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Isomertieite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naldrettite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)
Sopcheite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Telargpalite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)2191903419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)191908803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)191901588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS191909052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2191905509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4191905516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S191905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21919027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe19190281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS191904165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O191902970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S191901027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)191908173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2191909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1919024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)191907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1919030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31919014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te19190804
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH19190367
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As21919048
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4191905591
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)19190116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41919014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21919012537
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe219190155
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2191905800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)219190133
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O191901508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21919017380
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb1919011
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21919039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21919061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2191905614
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi1919044
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te41919024
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1919021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS19190332
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe419190337
Telargpalite  (*)None(Pd,Ag)3Te1919018
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13191905317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)191901006
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)191905251


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-00211252425–24     Yes  28239Cassandra Mine (Kassandra), Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, GreeceKassandraSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
PorphCu-00035191919      Actinolite, Albite, Anhydrite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, ElectrumCu9706Skouries Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, GreeceSkouries/FisokaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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