Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coal Mines, Tatabánya, Gerecse Mts, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 67700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coal Mines, Tatabánya, Gerecse Mts, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary": 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.

Alunite	Calcite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite
None	Pyrite	Starkeyite

Alunite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kochsándorite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rozenite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Diaspore Dundasite Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite
None Pyrite Starkeyite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	33.9	966
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	56	33.9	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	27770
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	56	33.9	484
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	56	33.9	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	56	33.9	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	33.9	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	56	33.9	409
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	33.9	2228
Kochsándorite ()*	Dundasite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	56	33.9	3
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	56	33.9	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	56	33.9	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	33.9	39462
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	56	33.9	293

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0067	Mány coal belongs to Eocene Tatabánya coalfield. The coal deposit overlays Triassic dolomite. Kochsandorite occurs in secondary "Hussar Strings" found in the lower, Ca-Al rich level of the deposit.

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_0067	56	33.9	Eocene	Stratigraphy	Age of coal desposit					Yes		Bohmite, Calcite, Pyrite		67689	Coal Mine, Mány, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, Fejér, Hungary	Mány coal deposit	Sajó and Szakáll (2007)	10.2113/gscanmin.45.3.479	CM45_479	Age of coal deposit. Pyrite, böhmite, and calcite formed syngenetically with coal. Unknown age of secondary mineralization. Gibbsite, gypsum, kochsándorite formed as secondary minerals as böhmite, pyrite and calcite weathered contemporaneously .

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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