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Locality Name:
Lahóca Hill, Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.9

mindat Locality ID: 9907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lahóca Hill, Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°57'17"N
Longitude: 20°5'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.954722222222,20.086666666667

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopiapite
CopperCoquimbiteEnargiteGermaniteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKieseriteMarcasiteMelanterite
MeloniteMeneghiniteMicaNoneOxalatePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bohdanowiczite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Dickite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kawazulite  (*)Kuramite  (*)Lautite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)Mendozite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tiemannite  (*)Whewellite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS335.734.90315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe35.734.90489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)635.734.90966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35.734.9011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S335.734.901935
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe235.734.9041
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635.734.901633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe235.734.90361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35.734.9027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O35.734.90925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235.734.9027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe35.734.90281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe35.734.90169
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1635.734.90110
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O35.734.90382
Copper  (*)CopperCu35.734.903846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O35.734.90136
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)235.734.9090
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435.734.90651
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS235.734.90246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS435.734.90910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35.734.9024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu35.734.9030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1335.734.9072
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35.734.906890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O35.734.90409
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te35.734.90804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635.734.902228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O35.734.9054
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435.734.905591
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se35.734.9032
Kuramite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SnS435.734.9012
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS35.734.9032
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS435.734.90198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235.734.905674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS835.734.9092
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O35.734.90915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe235.734.90207
Mendozite  (*)NoneNaAl(SO4)2·11H2O35.734.9028
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O35.734.901508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235.734.9017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe235.734.90409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235.734.9039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)235.734.90771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235.734.9061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235.734.905614
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS335.734.9064
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35.734.9021482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1235.734.9080
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35.734.902045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe435.734.90337
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O35.734.90139
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe35.734.90190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335.734.901803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335.734.905317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe35.734.9083
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O35.734.9066
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS335.734.90297



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
PorphCu-0006635.734.935.7 – 34.9±4.9     YesAlbite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Graphite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu9905Recsk Mine (Deep Level), Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, HungaryRecskSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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