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Locality Name:
Sasa Mine, Probistip, North Macedonia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18.5

mindat Locality ID: 62220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sasa Mine, Probistip, North Macedonia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°7'44"N
Longitude: 22°30'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.128888888889,22.514722222222

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Enargite	Garnet	Ilvaite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Valleriite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Otavite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Enargite Garnet Ilvaite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Valleriite Wollastonite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	20	18.5	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	20	18.5	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	20	18.5	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20	18.5	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	20	18.5	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	20	18.5	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	20	18.5	5516
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	20	18.5	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20	18.5	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20	18.5	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	20	18.5	802
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	20	18.5	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	20	18.5	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20	18.5	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	20	18.5	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20	18.5	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	20	18.5	197
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	20	18.5	73
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	20	18.5	14899
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)	20	18.5	25
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	20	18.5	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	18.5	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	20	18.5	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	18.5	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	20	18.5	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	20	18.5	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	20	18.5	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	20	18.5	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20	18.5	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	20	18.5	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	20	18.5	5317
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	20	18.5	237

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
	sedznpb-00301	20	18.5	20–18.5											62220	Sasa Mine, Probistip, North Macedonia	Sasa	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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