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Sphalerite from
Olympiada Mine, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ7 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Arsenopyriteⓘ4 photos of Sphalerite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ4 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Manganese-bearing Calciteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Manganese-bearing Calcite at this locality.
Boulangeriteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Boulangerite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympiada Mine, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:62623
Long-form Identifier:1:3:62623:3
GUID (UUID V4):711ad5bb-a5d0-41e8-87b1-26cafb4f1a1e
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘMavres Petres mine, Stratoni Project, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘMadem-Lakkos mine, Stratoni Project, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘSkouries Mine, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘStanos, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘPhiladelphia, Volvi, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘAsimotrypes deposit, Proti, Pangaio, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘMarlou, Kallirachi, Thasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘPalea Kavala deposit, Kavala, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
73.5km (45.7 miles) ⓘGiolia, Palea Kavala deposit, Kavala, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
76.5km (47.5 miles) ⓘPontokerassia deposit, Kilkis, Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-Hosted Replacement Deposits of the Kassandra Mining District, Northern Greece Chris R. Siron,1,† David Rhys...Exploration, 23a Vassilissis Sofias Ave. 106 74, Athens, Greece of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba...Manitoba, Canada Abstract The Kassandra mining district of northern Greece contains about 12 Moz Au in...Mavres Petres deposits are controlled by the Kassandra fault and Stratoni fault zones. Orebody location...overlapping with late Oligocene magmatism in the district. Kinematic fault-slip data and field relationships
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-Hosted Replacement Deposits of the Kassandra Mining District, Northern Greece: Evidence for Late Oligocene...polymetallic massive sulfide orebodies of the Kassandra mining district belong to the intrusionrelated carbonate-hosted...are hosted by marble in association with the Kassandra fault, where textural and mineralogical similarities...with skarn and replacement sulfide throughout the district have isotopic compositions that are consistent...zone. The replacement sulfide orebodies in the district likely inherited their uniform Pb isotope composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Gemstones of Greece: Geology and Crystallizing Environments Panagiotis Voudouris 1...Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR-15784 Athens, Greece PANGEA Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth...University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece Bahrain Institute for Pearls & Gemstones (DANAT)...a better knowledge of the gemstone potential of Greece for its possible exploitation. Keywords: gemstones;...corundum; beryl; jadeitite; garnet; quartz varieties; Greece 1. Introduction By definition, gems are materials
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyroxmangite, and sulfides such as galena and sphalerite. There is an interesting variety of reported...unusual rhodonite on galena specimen from the North mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia; field...Rhodonite also has been reported from the Stinson mine on Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, New Jersey...lapidary-grade massive rhodonite occurs in an old manganese mine north of Kid’s Store, Nelson County, Virginia, and...Sugar Grove in Smyth County; at the Red Mountain mine, Augusta County; and rarely in crystals to 1.2 cm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arsenopyrite (FeAsS) from four gold deposits (Olympiada, Sentachan, SĂŁo Bento and Sheba) was determined... The invisible gold in arsenopyrite from the Olympiada deposit, on the other hand, occurs as very small...nanometers in diameter. Micro-XANES data for the Olympiada and Sentachan arsenopyrite support earlier results...l’arsĂ©nopyrite (FeAsS) provenant de quatre gisements d’or (Olympiada, Sentachan, SĂŁo Bento et Sheba) par microstructure...obtenues de concentrĂ©s d’arsĂ©nopyrite des gisements Olympiada et Sentachan par microanalyse XANES confirment
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bysedimentary sequences metamorphosed to amphibolite (Olympiada) andgreenschist facies. Ore minerals includearsenopyrite... concentration ranges from<0.2 to 762ppmfor Olympiada, from6.5 to 393ppmforVeduga, from2.0 to 938ppmfor...arsenopyrite determined by SIMSvaries asfollows: Olympiada, from0.07to2,298ppm;Veduga, from63.98to 1,141...Quartz-sericite, nearlymonogranitesand biotitegranites. The Olympiada andVeduga mineralicsericitic,and quartziticrocksforman...Goldcorrelates withthe amountof sulfideminerals district. Theyconsist of a series of subparallel fractures
Book (volume)
Laodou Gold Deposit in the West Qinling Orogen, Central China: Implications for the Ore-Forming Process...M. Lobastov Gold in the Oxidized Ores of the Olympiada Deposit (Eastern Siberia, Russia) Reprinted from:...Laodou gold deposit in the West Qinling Orogen of central China. Both tourmaline types fall into the alkali...the important sources of gold reserves in this district. Sidorov et al. [7] studied ïŹ‚uid inclusions from...et al. [10] studied the oxidized ores from the Olympiada deposit (Eastern Siberia, Russia). They obtained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Naumov & S. Cherkasov f a Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS), Department...10:12 08 November 2012 1 Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS), Department...nickel–copper–PGM and Udokan copper deposits, the Sukhoi Log, Olympiada, Nezhdaninskoe, Kubaka, Kupol gold deposits, the...nickel–copper–PGM and Udokan copper deposits. The Sukhoi Log, Olympiada, Nezhdaninskoe, Kubaka and Kupol gold deposits...intrusive-related Sukhoi Log (Au) 16 Natalka (Au) 22 Olympiada (Au) 15 Nezhdaninskoe (Au) 18 Sarylakh (Sb–Au)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Gold in the Oxidized Ores of the Olympiada Deposit (Eastern Siberia, Russia) Sergey A. Silyanov...Lobastov, B.M. Gold in the Oxidized Institute of Mining, Geology and Geotechnology, Siberian Federal University...Crystallography and Petrography, Saint-Petersburg Mining University, 2 21st Line, 199106 St. Petersburg...throughout the 300 m section of oxidized ores of the Olympiada deposit (Eastern Siberia, Russia). Three zones...hydrothermal waters has been proposed. Ores of the Olympiada Deposit (Eastern Siberia, Russia). Minerals 2021
Report (issue)
because of the incompleteness of geological and mining data for many deposits. The model is based on the...te+ferberite+scheelite; second phase (weak): sphalerite+tetrahedrite+ boulangerite+jamesonite+bournonite+chalcostibite...only geological differences, but also the various mining conditions. (3) The antimony grades correlate with...antimony deposits: Scientific transactions of the Central Tin Research Institute (TsNIIOIovo), no. 3, p...., Roger, G., Moelo, Y., et Bril, H., 1990, Le district a antimoine-or DuricoBeirao (Portugal): Evolution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
weathering crust (Begaev and Stepanenko, 1995). Mining of the weathering crust (saprolite) has been exhausted...high rates of sedimentation. The Char-Zimunai district is situated near the Zharma–Saur belt, which formed...‘fahlore’ mineral species, sphalerite, and rutile are minor minerals. Sphalerite is characterized by high...size of stellar aggregates is 50 to 150 ÎŒm. The central parts of these aggregates contain segregations...features of 300 to 400 ÎŒm in size (Fig. 17). The central parts of the structure are composed of pyrite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lower concentrations in pyrite, at the Campbell gold mine, Ontario, and concluded that, on the basis of textural...Exhibition (Fig. 1). The ‘New Celebration’ gold mine lies between Kalgoorlie and Kambalda in the Eastern...prior to cyanidation. The ‘Sons of Gwalia’ gold mine is located a few kilometres from the town of Leonora...pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, galena and sphalerite. The siting of gold is described as free gold...pyrrhotite, pyrite and arsenopyrite, with minor sphalerite and galena. Eighty percent of the gold is described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China Faculty of Earth Resources...age (280–290 Ma) of the granite porphyry in the district indicate a link between the Hercynian magmatism...1:50,000 regional stream sediment survey in the central part of the geochemical anomaly in 1997, and reduced...Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China. E-mail address: dingchengwude@163...because of their relatively large size and easy mine development and ore-processing. Other examples of
Report (Issue volume)
of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...engineer with the State of Texas, 2 years as a mining engineer with HPE Consulting, and 9 years with...Directorate of the Bureau of Mines in 1981 as a mining engineer working on improved efficiency in materials...industry analyst and 2 years experience with the Mining Research Directorate. Dr. Rabchevsky’s work experience...dominate the world Republic of Germany (FRG), Italy, Greece, economy. Viewed as one regional area, however
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hegenshan-Heihe suture zone, in the eastern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The deposit comprises five...epithermal deposits like Zhengguang, both pyrite and sphalerite are known to accommodate modest concentrations...chalcopyrite (Ccp1) stage; a subsequent quartz + sphalerite (Sph2a, Sph2b) + pyrite (Py2a, Py2b, Py2c, Py2d)...containing deformed quartz + pyrite (Py3a, Py3b) ± sphalerite. Petrography and sulfide chemistry allow three...intermediate-Bi, and Bi-poor), and two groups of sphalerite (Au-poor, Au-rich). A potential porphyry system
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Orogenic gold Mestia-Racha district Svaneti district A B S T R A C T The south-central part of the Greater...gold deposits. Quartz veins in the Mestia-Racha district were mined in Soviet times for As, Sb, and W,...the Main Zone, to the north. Many veins in the district continue along strike for N 1 km and some cut...gold-bearing lodes and placers in the Svaneti district occur along the thrust between the Southern Slope...potential was ïŹrst recognized in the historic placer district in the 1980s, with many auriferous quartz veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
INTRODUCTION In the 1970s–1980s, a large gold district was dis covered in the northwestern part of the...goldbearing weathering mantles were the main objects of mining in past years. The geology and genesis of the large...obtained in the course of geological explora tion, mining, and thematic research makes it possible to characterize...(Lyubetsky, Bespaev, and Lyubetskaya, 2008). The district adjacent to the deposit is an assembly of block–fold...second in importance. The Carbonaceous rocks in the district were depos ited in deepwater, submarine islandarc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to 55 m and although much of it is almost 100% sphalerite, some intervals contain a large amount of coarse...basement and that it was originally more extensive. Sphalerite mineralization was also emplaced in fractures...unoxidized, contains clasts and fine disseminations of sphalerite and galena that are clearly derived from the...of the flat-topped hills in the vicinity of the mine are believed to be remnants of sheets of travertine...sufficiently frequent that efforts were made to mine them in their own right. (Remember that much of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Twin Towers, B-12 Jianguomenwai Ave., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, China e North East Interdisciplinary...Siberia craton; (2) the 450 Ma Charsk belt of north-central Kazakhstan; (3) the 310–280 Ma Kalba belt of NE...suture; (4) the ca. 300–280 Ma deposits within the Central Asian southern and middle Tien Shan (e.g., Kumtor... . . . . . . . . . . 4. Middle–late Paleozoic Central Asian Orogenic Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Mesozoic Central Asia Orogenic Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compositions of fluid inclusions in quartz and sphalerite from five gold deposits of the Baikal-Patom (Sukhoi...Irokinda) foldbelts in the northern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, along its boundary with the...among Russia's largest gold mining areas, in which placer gold was mining starting in the 19th century...We have studied fluid inclusions in quartz and sphalerite from five gold deposits located within the neighboring...are located with the Mama-Bodaibo basin in the central part of the Baikal–Patom fold-and-thrust belt that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relatively low gold grades (≀1–2 g/t Au); and district-scale zoning to Ag-Pb-Zn deposits in distal zones...The poorly described giant Russian deposits at Olympiada and Sukhoi Log have been assigned to this group...zoning Cryptic lateral and vertical zoning Strong district-scale zoning; Au-W/Sn-Ag/Pb/Zn Variable, but...midcrustal granitoids High-level granitoids in gold district Early igneous heat source?; later deep crustal/lithosphere...Foothills, USA East China / South East Russia Central Asia. Tian Shan Ural Baikal 200 150 100 50 50
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Au–As–Sb geochemical specialization—gold–sulfide (Olympiada, Veduga), gold– antimony (Uderei, Razdol’ninsky)...Chalcopyrite, chalcostibite Rare minerals Galena, sphalerite, boulanger- Tetrahedrite, galena, chalite, chalcopyrite...stibnite, berthierite zinkenite, jamesonite, sphalerite, boulangerite, aurostibite Au, g/t Ag, g/t Predominant...impregnated by pyrite and arsenopyrite, while the central parts are composed of Sb-sulfosalts and sulGEOLOGY...jamesonite, bismuthinite, native bismuth, galena, sphalerite 0.05–1 100–n · 1000 Sb, Ag, Cu, Fe, As, Pb, Zn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the world and occur within the Ertsberg mineral district in Papua, Indonesia. Magnetite of igneous and...sector, Environmental Science Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry,...abundance Re-Os isotope systematics of sulfides from Olympiada gold deposit (Yenisei Rige, Russia) M.O. NAUMENKO1*...Australia 1 The Olympiada Au deposit is located within the Yenisei Ridge in Central Siberia, along with...a number of other Au and Au–Sb deposits. The Olympiada deposit occurs in metasedimentary terrigenous–carbonate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Log Area Placer Deposits, Bodaibo Gold-Bearing District, Siberia, Russia Alexander Lalomov *, Antonina...lalomov@mail.ru Abstract: The Bodaibo gold-bearing district in the Lena gold province of Siberia is one of...Log Area Placer Deposits, Bodaibo Gold-Bearing District, Siberia, Russia. Minerals 2023, 13, 707. https://doi...0/). 1. Introduction The Bodaibo gold-bearing district of Lena gold province is located in Siberia, in...of the fact that the main prospects for the gold mining industry in the region are associated with primary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia b Institute of Mining, Geology, and Geotechnology, Siberian Federal University...Magistral’naya vein, is located in the Partizanskii ore district of the Yenisei Ridge. It was discovered in 1890...studied the sources of placer gold at the Uspenskii mine, near the Bezymyanka Creek, a tributary of the Uderei...geological-exploration works revealed blocks for open mining in the area of the ore field, with three mineralogical...danaite, cobaltite, chalcopyrite, cubanite, galena, sphalerite, and antimonite. Chalcosine, tetrahedrite, bismuthinite
 
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