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Locality Name:
Perlová Valley (Grellenseifen), Gelnica (Göllnitz), Gelnica Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76

mindat Locality ID: 125720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perlová Valley (Grellenseifen), Gelnica (Göllnitz), Gelnica Co., Košice Region, Slovakia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Korunka Vein

Latitude: 48°48'29"N
Longitude: 20°56'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.808055555556,20.948611111111

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: Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrocite
MalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTourmalineVivianite
Zinkenite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Violarite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22607603419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3260760315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS260760312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2607608803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22607603092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O260760445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2607603250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2607609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22607605509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26076011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2607601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32607601935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32607601089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62607601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26076027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2607604979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2607605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226076027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2607602600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS260760966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5260760344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2607604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2607602970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2260760144
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22607609895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26076024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS260760131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2607607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26076030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2607606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326076014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42607605591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3526076110529887
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O260760593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)260760581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426076014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226076012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)260760770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22607605674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg260760397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS260760255
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226076017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs260760633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3260760176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS260760767
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O260760309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226076039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22607603106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82607609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226076061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)260760969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22607605614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2607602705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2607606417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3260760531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26076021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32607603418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132607605317
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4260760380
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42260760228



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-0011426076 Re-Os, U-Pb-Th    YesCinnabar, MarrucciiteHg125714Gelnica (Göllnitz), Gelnica Co., Košice Region, Slovakia Kohút and Stein (2005); Hurai et al. (2006)   


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