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Locality Name:
Andrássy III. Mine, Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 9906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andrássy III. Mine, Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°22'46"N
Longitude: 20°37'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.379444444444,20.627222222222
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: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBotryogenCalciteChalcostibiteCopiapiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteDomeykiteEpsomiteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyrochloreStibniteTetrahedrite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Belendorffite  (*)Botryogen  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fibroferrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Imiterite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kolymite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Realgar  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skinnerite  (*)Slavíkite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)65.52.603250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)665.52.60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)265.52.605509
Belendorffite  (*)NoneCu7Hg665.52.604
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O65.52.6045
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)65.52.6027770
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS265.52.60162
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O65.52.60382
Copper  (*)CopperCu65.52.603846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)465.52.60109
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS65.52.604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O65.52.602970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S65.52.601027
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As65.52.6073
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O65.52.60484
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O65.52.60107
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)65.52.607437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O65.52.606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O365.52.6014640
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS265.52.6017
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)665.52.602228
Kolymite  (*)NoneCu7Hg665.52.607
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O65.52.60149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)265.52.6012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS265.52.605674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O65.52.60915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg65.52.60397
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg365.52.6024
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)65.52.60492
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]65.52.60716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS365.52.60733
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl65.52.601725
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS65.52.60712
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)65.52.606417
Silver  (*)CopperAg65.52.605186
Skinnerite  (*)NoneCu3SbS365.52.6011
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O65.52.6044
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)65.52.60446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S365.52.603418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO65.52.601101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1365.52.605317


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
Hg-0001765.52.6 ?-?    YesBelendorffite, Capgaronnite, Cinnabar, Iltisite, Imiterite, Kolymite, Mercury, Moschellandsbergite, PerrouditeHg1982Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary Fügedi et al. (2010) CJEES5_81 

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