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Locality Name:
Handlová, Prievidza Co., Trenčín Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11.6

mindat Locality ID: 126252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Handlová, Prievidza Co., Trenčín Region, Slovakia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Jedna Studnička
Coal Deposit
Jánošíkova Skala
Konštantín Quarry
Vysoká Hill

Latitude: 48°43'39"N
Longitude: 18°45'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.7275,18.760277777778

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Ferrierite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Oxalate	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Ferrierite-NH₄ ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Siderite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Whewellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Ferrierite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite
Melanterite Mica None Orpiment Oxalate Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

21 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	16	11.6	1	105683	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16	11.6	1	105683	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	16	11.6	2	105683,105684	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	16	11.6	0		27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	16	11.6	0		2600
Ferrierite-NH₄ ()*	Ferrierite	(NH₄,Mg_0.5)₅(Al₅Si₃₁O₇₂)·22H₂O	16	11.6	1	105683	4
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	16	11.6	0		6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	11.6	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	16	11.6	1	105683	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	16	11.6	0		915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	16	11.6	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	16	11.6	0		17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	11.6	0		112
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	16	11.6	2	105683,105686	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	16	11.6	0		511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	11.6	1	105683	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	11.6	1	105683	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	16	11.6	0		712
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	16	11.6	1	105683	6417
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	16	11.6	0		452
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	16	11.6	1	105683	66

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_000850	Whewellite was identified on fissures in central part of pelosiderite concretions and lenses at the Handlová coal deposit. Whewellite was formed as youngest phase in reductive environment with high activity of Ca2+ ions. Oxalic acid was formed by decomposition of organic matter.

1 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
	Michelle_000850	16	11.6	Helvetian		Age of coal deposit							Whewellite		217516	Coal Deposit, Handlová, Prievidza Co., Trenčín Region, Slovakia	Handlová coal deposit	Földvary, G. Z. (1988)		BOOK_GCR_1988	Age of coal deposit

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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