Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Cerberus Mine, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 125851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerberus Mine, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCovelliteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteQuartzSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1056009052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210560027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1056004165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21056009895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1056006890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61056002228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210560012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21056005674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O105600915
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81056001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210560039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81056009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210560061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10560021482



2 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
GC53_166_00110584105-84     Yes  125849Mútnik, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaMútnikKorikovsky et al. (2002)http://www.geologicacarpathica.com/special-issues/53-2002/GC53_166 
GC53_166_002956095-60     Yes  125849Mútnik, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaMútnikKorikovsky et al. (2002)http://www.geologicacarpathica.com/special-issues/53-2002/GC53_166 


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