Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Samo Mine, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 125850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samo Mine, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°34'31"N
Longitude: 19°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.575277777778,19.916388888889

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.

Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Sphalerite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper Covellite
Mica Nickeline None Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Sphalerite
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	105	60	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	105	60	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	60	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	105	60	843
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	105	60	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	60	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	105	60	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	105	60	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	105	60	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	105	60	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	105	60	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	105	60	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	105	60	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	105	60	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	105	60	1487
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	105	60	306
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	105	60	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	60	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	105	60	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	60	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	105	60	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	105	60	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	105	60	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	105	60	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	105	60	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	105	60	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	105	60	5251

2 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
	GC53_166_001	105	84	105-84							Yes				125849	Mútnik, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia	Mútnik	Korikovsky et al. (2002)	http://www.geologicacarpathica.com/special-issues/53-2002/	GC53_166
	GC53_166_002	95	60	95-60							Yes				125849	Mútnik, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia	Mútnik	Korikovsky et al. (2002)	http://www.geologicacarpathica.com/special-issues/53-2002/	GC53_166

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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