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Sphalerite from
Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Greenockiteⓘ3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Greenockite at this locality.
Gypsumⓘ3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Hawleyiteⓘ2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Hawleyite at this locality.
Galenaⓘ2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Calciteⓘ2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Hydrocerussiteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Hydrocerussite at this locality.
Phosgeniteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Phosgenite at this locality.
Brianyoungiteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Brianyoungite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:721138
Long-form Identifier:1:3:721138:6
GUID (UUID V4):90199d73-47a5-4076-9ade-10d43a9afabd
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘLoutsa Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘIsabelle Mine, Kamariza mines (Kamareza mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘChristiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘSerpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘClemence Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘHilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘJean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘThorikos Bay beach, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘOxygon Cove beach, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘSinterina Mine No. 1, Sinterina mines, Dimoliaki, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Review The Lavrion Mines: A Unique Site of Geological and Mineralogical Heritage Panagiotis...Constantinos Mavrogonatos 1 , Adonis Photiades 3 , Eugenia Moraiti 3 , Branko Rieck 4 , Uwe Kolitsch 5 , Alexandre...Athanasios Katerinopoulos 1 and Stefanos Zaimis 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   Citation: Voudouris...; Scheffer, C.; Morin, D.; 13 et al. The Lavrion Mines: A Unique 14 Site of Geological and Mineralogical...Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece; kmavrogon@geol.uoa.gr (C.M.); soukis@geol.uoa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOUDOURISITE AND LAZARIDISITE FROM LAVRION MINING DISTRICT, GREECE Title: Voudourisite, Cd(SO4)·H2O...lazaridisite, Cd3(SO4)3·8H2O, two new minerals from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece Authors: BRANKO RIECK...Geozentrum, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien, Austria [Received 3 April 2018; Accepted 2 September 2018; Associate Editor:...Cd3(SO4)3·8H2O, are two new minerals from the Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza Area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece...Greece. The small ancient mine also is the type-locality of niedermayrite and katerinopoulosite. Further
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-Replacement Pb-Zn-Ag Mineralization in the Lavrion District, Attica, Greece: Fluid Inclusion, Stable Isotope,...PANAGIOTIS CH. VOUDOURIS,2 STYLIANOS TOMBROS,3 KAREN ST. SEYMOUR,3 AND VASILIOS MELFOS4 1 Department of Geological...15784, Greece 3 Department 4 Department of Geology, University of Patras, Rion, 26500, Greece of Mineralogy...54124, Greece Abstract Strata-bound carbonate-replacement Pb-Zn-Ag deposits in the Lavrion district, Greece...fluorite and barite. Fluid inclusion studies of sphalerite, fluorite, calcite, and quartz in carbonate-replacement
Thesis/Dissertation
„Contributions to the mineralogy of the Lavrion mining district, Greece” verfasst von / submitted by Irene........................... 4 2.2 Geology of the Lavrion area ......................................................................................... 9 3. Methods ..........................................provided me with his collected minerals from the Lavrion area, and my work colleagues at the Institute of...Introduction The Lavrion mining district is situated in the southeast part of the Attika peninsula, Greece. The mining
Report (issue)
Lazaridisite Cd3(SO4)3¡8H2O Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. and rounded crystals or crusts...Tenacity: Brittle. Fracture: Conchoidal Hardness = ~3 D(meas.) = 3.10(5) D(calc.) = 3.088 Nonfluorescent...813(3) b = 11.902(2) c = 9.466(2) β = 97.38(1)° Z=4 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza...Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece. 6.860 (100), 5.965 (84), 3.109 (83), 3.608(82), 3.727 (78)... 18.73 100.00 (1) Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece; average electron microprobe
Report (issue)
Tenacity: Brittle. Fracture: Conchoidal Hardness = ~3 D(meas.) = 3.80(5) D(calc.) = 3.838 Nonfluorescent...Diffraction Pattern: Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece. 3.578 (100), 4.890...35 7.96 100.00 (1) Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece; average electron microprobe...hawleyite and greenockite. Association: Lazaridisite, sphalerite, galena, edwardsite, chalcanthite, gypsum, greenockite...Distribution: At the Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, #19 Mine, Ano Sounio area, and at the North Mine, Villia area
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(NH4)2Zn(SO4)2¡6H2O, a new mineral from the Esperanza mine, Lavrion, Greece NIKITA V. CHUKANOV1,*, IGOR V. PEKOV2...University, Vorobievy Gory, Moscow Region 119991, Russia 3 Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy...Russia 5 Ergatikes Katoikies STX 29, 19500 Lavrion, Attiki, Greece Section of Mineralogy and Petrology, Department...University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis 15784, Athens, Greece Abstract: Katerinopoulosite, a new picromerite-group...was discovered in the Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. The new mineral occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OH)2, a new tsumcorite-group mineral from Lavrion, Greece IGOR V. PEKOV1,*, NIKITAV. CHUKANOV2, DMITRY...ATHANASSIOS KATERINOPOULOS5 AND ANDREAS MAGGANAS5 1 2 3 4 5 Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University...University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece [Received 12 February 2015; Accepted 20 May 2015;...gersdorffite and galena at the Km-3 mine, Lavrion, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. It is associated with annabergite...open-work aggregates and interrupted crusts up to 3 mm × 5 mm in area and up to 0.2 mm thick. They typically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1415–1442 The Lavrion Pb-Zn-Ag–Rich Vein and Breccia Detachment-Related Deposits (Greece): Involvement...and Adonis Photiades7 1 Département 2 Université 3 Géosciences de Géologie et de Génie Géologique, Université...Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupolis-Ano Ilisia 15784, Athens, Greece 5 Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences...Acharnae 13677, Greece Abstract The formation of ore deposits in the Lavrion Pb-Zn-Ag district was associated...transition. This district consists of (1) low-grade porphyry Mo style, (2) Cu-Fe skarn, (3) high-temperature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6-4H20, a new mineral from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece G. Giester 1, B. Rieck 1, and F. Brandst~tter...discovered in 1995 in the Km3-area of the Lavrion mining district, Greece. It forms tiny euhedral plates, commonly...matrix consisting of a brecciated marble with sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, greenockite, hawleyite...parallel {010}. Optics: biaxial ( - ) with na(calc.), n/3, and n'7= 1.609, 1.642(2), and 1.661(2), respectively;...orientation na//b. The calculated density is 3.292gcm -3. The most prominent form is {010}. Analysis by electron
Journal (issue)
Years. Environmental Geotechnical Hydrology Mining Petroleum Download FREE Trial at RockWare.com...Croatian geological heritage related to historical mining and quarrying M. Mileusnić, A. Maričić & M. Hruškova...Antonarakou & H. Drinia 20 The significance of the Lavrion mines in Greek and European Geoheritage A. Periferakis...Hungary Z. Ésik, P. Rózsa & J. Szepesi 38 The Mining Heritage and History of the Silvermines area, County...Malta P. Gatt 53 Unearthing Europe’s Bronze Age mining heritage with tin isotopes: a case study from Central
Book (volume)
crystal-chemical formula is N(1)3N(2)3N(3)3N(4)3N(5)3M(1)6M(2)3–6M(3)M (4)Z3[Si24O72]O0 4–6X2 where N(1–5)...Fe; M(2) ¼ Fe, Mn, Na, Zr, Ta, Ti, K, Ba, H3O; M(3) and M(4) ¼ Si, S, Nb, Ti, W, Na; Z ¼ Zr, Ti, Nb;...-dominant), (2) golyshevite (CO32 -dominant) and (3) feklichevite (Cl -dominant) first determined as...are considered below. 1.1 The Discrete Approach 3 Fig. 1.2 IR spectrum of kyanoxalite from Alluaiv...independent tetrahedral sites from 3 to 5 (from 1 to 2 for Be and from 2 to 3 for P). As a result, additional
Report (issue)
within which anthodite crusts separate anthodites to 3 cm long and to 5 mm thick. Physical Properties: Cleavage:...X-ray Powder Pattern: Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, AttikĂ­ Prefecture, Greece. 4.161 (100), 3.749 (53)...92 20.26 100.00 (1) Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, AttikĂ­ Prefecture, Greece; average of 5 EDS analyses...secondary mineral formed in the oxidation zone of a sphalerite-rich deposit situated in the contact zone between...Distribution: From the Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, AttikĂ­ Prefecture, Greece. Name: Honors Greek geologist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Heidelberg 2013 Abstract The Guanajuato epithermal district is one of the largest silver producers in Mexico...system to the northwest, and the Sierra system to the east. Mineralization consists dominantly of silver sulfides...metal sulfides (mostly chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, and pyrite), and electrum. There is a broad...distribution, with up to 10 % Cu+Pb+Zn in the deeper mines along the northern and central portions of the Veta...is interpreted as the least eroded part of the district. Oxygen, carbon, and sulfur isotope analysis of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Milano, Via Mangiagalli, 34, 20133 Milano, Italy 3 CSIRO Mineral Resources, ARRC, 26 Dick Perry Avenue...Museum, London, Great Britain, from the Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (29°48′N, 109°40′W)....silver mine, Andreasberg, Harz mountains, Germany (BM57605) and freibergite from Beschert Glück mine, Freiberg...Freiberg district, Saxony, Germany (Senckenberg Museum Collection, Frankfurt, Germany; specimen #2289Sa)...= 160 (148–172) kg/mm2, corresponding to ~4 and ~3 of Mohs scale, respectively. Neither measured nor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND ISOTOPE STUDY OF THE RAYAS AG-AU-CU-PB-ZN MINE, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO HELEN MANGO,* HALF ZANTOP,AND...Hanover,NewHampshire 03755 Introduction The mining district of Guanajuato,Mexico, has beenin constantoperationfor...the district,at an averagegradeof 1.5 g/ ton Au and 150 g/ton Ag. Total productionof the district up to...historicalproducer,locatedin the geographiccenter of the district; presently, 15,000tonsof oreareminedper month...trends northwest-southeast and is traceable for 25 km alongstrike,with widthsup to 90 m (Taylor, 1971)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northern Pataz District, Peru* W. K. Witt,1 S. G. Hagemann,1 C. Villanes,2 T. Vennemann,3 H. Zwingmann...Poderosa S.A., Av Primavera 834, Surco, Lima-33, Peru 3 University 4 CSIRO, of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne...Abstract Gold production from the northern Pataz district in the eastern Andean Cordillera of Peru has been...batholith, in the Vijus-Santa Filomena area of the district. Both are located within a central horst; similar...area. Telescoping of this 10- to 13-km crustal range into a 3-km topographic section of the Andes is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
its relation with hypogene ore minerals in the Esperanza porphyry deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile Shoji...Chile 2 Tohoku University Museum, Sendai, Japan 3 Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University, Sendai... Email: skojima@ucn.cl Funding information Esperanza mine geologists Abstract Modes of occurrence of...objective to elucidate Au-Ag distribution at the Esperanza porphyry deposit in the Eocene Centinela copper...microanalysis, and secondary ion mass spectrometer. The Esperanza hypogene mineralization is characterized by early-stage
Book
Wa “aaa Xj ower Od 0UINDED ° onosi3 Yosuosng 3 Y L } ojontouono wi so} Rear ¥,0200@ ai lop o0W ...odojorO o; weed) ae), 22u01g oye ono 0q0p109 oy 3 ep poe ay, ry & Ps Se ae antes Per WIVOXVIs NS...SGution non ari ons? 030) ~ (0j21A pnidy Oi jee 3 Bee pe20 ie soar ge\ 2 A Yo,< BAS 0499. Sy) owsjeo...=o @ sus & fod » 4° / SOIPDIG 002 asain 0 3@)060 5ouajopoow Non i e N souly ** ~eoayou0D...The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission
Book
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950...Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral
Report (issue)
300 N. Los Angeles St. MENLO PARK, California-Bldg. 3 (Stop 533), Rm. 3128. 345 Middlefield Rd. RESTON,...Part II Geology and Gold Deposits of the Oatman District, Northwestern Arizona By ED DEWITT, JON P. THORSON...Geology and Gold Deposits of the Marysville Mining District, Montana By JAMES W. WHIPPLE Gold Deposits...Deposits of the Boulder County Gold District, Colorado By JAMES A. SAUNDERS Part I is Chapter H U.S. GEOLOGICAL...ores Nevada. 2. Gold ores Washington Ferry County. 3. Hydrothermal deposits Nevada. 4. Hydrothermal deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE CHILETE NORTHERN OF PERU FRANK MINING DISTRICT • S. SIMONS CONTENTS PAGE Abstract .....quartz-sulfide veinsconsisting essentially of sphalerite, pyrite,andgalenain a gangueof quartzandsili...and replacement. Veins strike either northwest or east-northeast and dip steeply. They range from a few...LEAD-Z•C veins are being worked in the Chilete mining district, near the town of Chilete on the Rio Magdalena...on the main road between Pacasmayoand Cajamarca108 km eastof Pacasmayo. The altitudeof Chileteis about1
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the pyroxene-hornblende metamorphic halo.In the Esperanza prospect, locatedin the lowergradealbite-epidotehalo...alongthe easternedgeof a districtwhichmea30 by 5 km (Figs.2 and3). producer, is located in the Eastern...Au-Ag • / _ ARGENTINA / • LOS PELAMBRES • 0 km 500 f ß PARAMILLOS I•L TENIENTE FIG.]. Location... cropsof ore are at an elevationof 4,750 m; the mine 1981), the deposithasmore recentlybeen reinterw...+++++ +++++++++++ + • +++++++ + + + _ • FAULT • MINE ß FIG.2. Mapof theAguilardistrictshowing the r
Report (issue)
ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA" AGS/UA Mine Tour and Field Trip data for TRIP #10 "Silver Bell...ASARCO (Cliff Dilbert), Homestake Mining Co. (Steve Davis), and BS&K Mining Co., for providing our field leaders...hard-hats ': -- ¡ AGS needs 63 hats (coming from Mission Mine) Field boots required (no sandals, tennis sh6es...talks will be presented. MINE TOUR NOTICE PLEASE NOTE When visiting the mines and their environs, ABOVE...continues N over an intermontane valley with as much as 3 Km of post-Paleocene gravels below. Drive N successively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis from the Nueva Esperanza and Restauradora veins, Capillitas mine, Argentina MarĂ­a Florencia...GALLISKI1, Yasushi WATANABE4, Hiroyasu MURAKAMI5 1 2 3 4 5 * IANIGLA, CCT-Mendoza (CONICET), Avda. A. Ruiz...Republic Faculty of International Resource Sciences, Mining Museum of Akita University, 28-2 Osawa, Tegata...Nueva Esperanza and Restauradora are two of the twenty-three veins described at Capillitas mine, an epithermal...minerals found at these two veins include pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, tennantite-(Zn) and tennantite-(Fe)
 
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