Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Ferdinand Mine, Hnilec (Hniletz; Nyilas; Nagyhnilec), Spišská Nová Ves Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 264.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 261.3

mindat Locality ID: 126266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferdinand Mine, Hnilec (Hniletz; Nyilas; Nagyhnilec), Spišská Nová Ves Co., Košice 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

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gypsum ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	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: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Covellite Gypsum Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite Vivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	264.6	261.3	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	264.6	261.3	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	264.6	261.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	264.6	261.3	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	264.6	261.3	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	264.6	261.3	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	264.6	261.3	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	264.6	261.3	814
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	264.6	261.3	131
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	264.6	261.3	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	264.6	261.3	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	264.6	261.3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	264.6	261.3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	264.6	261.3	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	264.6	261.3	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	264.6	261.3	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
	Mo-00309	264.6	263	263.8±0.8	Re-Os			molybdenite	HG-3		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	126264	Hnilec (Hniletz; Nyilas; Nagyhnilec), Spišská Nová Ves Co., Košice Region, Slovakia	Hnilec	Kohút and Stein (2005)	10.1007/s00710-005-0082-8	MP85_117
	Mo-00310	263.1	261.3	262.2±0.9	Re-Os			molybdenite	HG-3		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	126264	Hnilec (Hniletz; Nyilas; Nagyhnilec), Spišská Nová Ves Co., Košice Region, Slovakia	Hnilec	Kohút and Stein (2005)	10.1007/s00710-005-0082-8	MP85_117

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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