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Locality Name:
Stratoni Operations, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24

mindat Locality ID: 14340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stratoni Operations, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Madem-Lakko Mine (Madem-Lakkos Mine; Madem Laccos Mine)
Mavres Petres Mine
Piavitza Mine

Latitude: 40°31'15"N
Longitude: 23°47'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.520833333333,23.790277777778
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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEnargiteEpidoteGarnetGeocroniteGypsumMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaNickeline
NonePharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Seligmannite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)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
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)225241641023419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)325241641021534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2524264102,641039052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S325241641021935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425241641025516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112524164102843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS325241641021089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2524264102,6410327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252416410227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25241641024165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O625241641024135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225241641029895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42524164102910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25241641028173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2524364102,64103,6410424243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S232524164102133
Gold  (*)CopperAu252416410230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC25241641022812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)325241641021544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O25241641026890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3252416410214640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142524264102,64103784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4252416410214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS225241641025674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S2425240158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2252416410217380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2524164104428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22524264102,6410339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22524264102,641043106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl25241641041725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825241641029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22524364102,64103,6410461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2524364102,64103,641041711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102524164104312
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)25241641024894
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3252416410264
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2524264102,6410321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S325241641023418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1325241641021803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1325241641025317


1 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 

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