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Locality Name:
Mária-Margita Mine, Ochtiná (Achten), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 125743
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125743.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mária-Margita Mine, Ochtiná (Achten), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°41'52"N
Longitude: 20°19'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.697777777778,20.318055555556

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovellite
DevillineDiasporeFeldsparGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)16410008803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)16410002734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)216410003092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)16410003250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1641000379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16410009052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61641000919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)216410005509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)61641000132
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71641000450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS316410001089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4164100079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)616410001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)164100027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)16410004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S16410005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2164100027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS16410002600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS16410004165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1641000366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)216410009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS164100024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)16410007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O16410006890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O16410001689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)616410001066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616410002228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21641000987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2164100012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS216410005674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S241641000158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2164100039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S816410009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2164100061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21641000454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1641000292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)16410002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS164100021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S316410003418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1316410005317



1 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
Emily000545164100Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous vein formation during crustal thickening triggered by Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous orogenic convergence   Yes  228102Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakiavein and metasomatic siderite deposits near RožňavaHurai et al (2010) AM28_1 


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