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Locality Name:
Bacúch, Brezno Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 125815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bacúch, Brezno Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bacúch Magnetite Deposit
Sokolova Dolina Valley

Latitude: 48°52'8"N
Longitude: 19°46'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.868888888889,19.781111111111

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
FeldsparGadoliniteGarnetKobelliteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMonazite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heyrovskýite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Lindströmite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pekoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Vikingite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31001001104976315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)10010011049738803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)310010002353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)210010011049753092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS10010011049759052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)100100110497611547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1001002104973,1049761966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S310010011049761935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)100100110497527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO210010011049735171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1001002104975,1049765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21001003104973,104975,10497627198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51001001104976344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1001002104975,1049764165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210010011049759895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1001001104973648
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18100100110497643
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS100100110497624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41001000192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9100100067
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1001003104973,104975,1049767437
Gold  (*)CopperAu100100030554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S61001001104976113
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S9100100110497643
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3100100110497314640
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S9100100066
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)100100110497355
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O310010011049735433
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61001000128
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S15100100110497638
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41001002104973,10497414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21001002104975,10497612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210010011049765674
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1001001104973945
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)100100110497326
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2100100110497317380
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S18100100039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21001003104973,104975,10497639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810010011049739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21001003104973,104975,10497661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO210010005614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10010004894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)10010011049732705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1001002104974,1049766417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1001002104973,10497621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310010005317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O10010004899
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S30100100027
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1001001104973939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)10010011049735251



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
Be-00049100100100  high    Hingganite-(Nd)Be125815Bacúch, Brezno Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Pršek et al. (2010)10.3749/canmin.48.1.81CM48_81 


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