The Lavrion mines: A unique site of geological and mineralogical heritage

P Voudouris, V Melfos, C Mavrogonatos, A Photiades… - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Lavrion area corresponds to the western part of the Attic-Cycladic metamorphic belt, in
the back-arc region of the active Hellenic subduction zone. Between the Eocene and the …

Syn-to post-orogenic exhumation of metamorphic nappes: Structure and thermobarometry of the western Attic-Cycladic metamorphic complex (Lavrion, Greece)

C Scheffer, O Vanderhaeghe, P Lanari… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Lavrion peninsula is located along the western boundary of the Attic-Cycladic
metamorphic complex in the internal zone of the Hellenic orogenic belt. The nappe stack is …

The geochemistry of carbonate-replacement Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization in the Lavrion district, Attica, Greece: Fluid inclusion, stable isotope, and rare earth element …

TA Bonsall, PG Spry, PC Voudouris… - Economic …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Strata-bound carbonate-replacement Pb-Zn-Ag deposits in the Lavrion district, Greece, are
spatially related to a late Miocene granodiorite intrusion (7–10 Ma) and various sills and …

CO2 flow during orogenic gravitational collapse: Syntectonic decarbonation and fluid mixing at the ductile-brittle transition (Lavrion, Greece)

C Scheffer, A Tarantola, O Vanderhaeghe, T Rigaudier… - Chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
The knowledge of CO 2 transfer between carbonate reservoirs is a key issue to
understanding climate evolution through geologic times. Convergent plate boundaries …

Carbonate-replacement Pb–Zn–Ag±Au mineralization in the Kamariza area, Lavrion, Greece: Mineralogy and thermochemical conditions of formation

P Voudouris, V Melfos, PG Spry, TA Bonsall… - Mineralogy and …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Carbonate-replacement Pb–Zn–Ag±Au deposits in the Kamariza area, Lavrion
district, Attica, Greece, are genetically related to the emplacement of Miocene andesitic …

Molybdenite Re-Os geochronology and conditions of formation of potassic and sodic-calcic alteration associated with the Plaka porphyry Mo-Cu system, Lavrion …

P Voudouris, V Melfos, M Melfou, A Tarantola… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Plaka porphyry Mo-Cu system occurs in the world-class Lavrion Ag-Pb-Zn
district in Attica, southern Greece. It is spatially associated with a granodiorite porphyry that …

Mineralogical and fluid inclusion constraints on the evolution of the Plaka intrusion-related ore system, Lavrion, Greece

P Voudouris, V Melfos, PG Spry, T Bonsall… - Mineralogy and …, 2008 - Springer
The intrusion-centered, polymetallic Plaka ore system, Lavrion, Greece, is genetically
related to the emplacement of a Miocene biotite±hornblende granodioritic body and …

Footwall mineralization during L ate M iocene extension along the W est C ycladic D etachment S ystem, L avrion, G reece

A Berger, DA Schneider, B Grasemann, D Stockli - Terra Nova, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The W est C ycladic D etachment S ystem (WCDS) has been mapped from the western C
ycladic islands to L avrion (mainland G reece), where several top‐to‐SSW low‐angle normal …

The Lavrion Pb-Zn-Ag–rich vein and breccia detachment-related deposits (Greece): Involvement of evaporated seawater and meteoric fluids during postorogenic …

C Scheffer, A Tarantola… - Economic …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The formation of ore deposits in the Lavrion Pb-Zn-Ag district was associated with Miocene
detachment that accommodated orogenic collapse and exhumation of high-grade nappes …

The Lavrion silver district: Reassessing its ancient mining history

J Ross, P Voudouris, V Melfos… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lavrion was an important silver mining district in the ancient world, exploited almost
continuously from the fourth millennium BC. Its mining history is central to understanding the …