Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Čuntava, Dobšiná Mining District (Dobschau; Topschau), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76

mindat Locality ID: 126243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Čuntava, Dobšiná Mining District (Dobschau; Topschau), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Samuel Mine

Latitude: 48°50'43"N
Longitude: 20°15'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.845277777778,20.266388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	164	76	1	105419	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	164	76	1	105419	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	164	76	1	105419	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	164	76	0		5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	164	76	1	105419	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	120	76	1	105419	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	164	76	1	105419	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	164	76	0		663
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	164	76	1	105419	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	164	76	1	105419	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	164	76	1	105419	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164	76	1	105419	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	164	76	1	105419	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	164	76	1	105419	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000545	164	100	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous		vein formation during crustal thickening triggered by Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous orogenic convergence					Yes				228102	Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia	vein and metasomatic siderite deposits near Rožňava	Hurai et al (2010)		AM28_1
	Hg-00056	120	76								Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Schachnerite	Hg	12692	Dobšiná Mining District (Dobschau; Topschau), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia		Hurai et al. (2006); Hurai et al. (2008)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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