Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.1

mindat Locality ID: 12630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Anna Vein
Bärenleuten (Bärenleitner) Vein
Finsterort (Finsterorter) Vein
Jozef Vein
Juraj Vein
Kopanice
Nová Anton Vein
Rabenstein
Rozália Mine
Schöpfer Vein
Včelín (Čelín)

Latitude: 48°27'32"N
Longitude: 18°49'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.458888888889,18.820277777778
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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteBournoniteBrochantite
CalciteChabaziteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDundasiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHalotrichiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKobelliteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghinite
MicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePavonitePolybasitePyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteUytenbogaardtiteVesuvianiteWoodwarditeZircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Altaite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Benjaminite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervelleite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Dantopaite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ice  (*)
Inesite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Kupčíkite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lindströmite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Makovickyite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mummeite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Padĕraite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S13.410.16105153,105154,105156,105161,105162,1051642793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS313.410.11105163315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS13.410.11105163312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)13.410.111051638803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O13.410.11105157470
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe13.410.11105163489
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O13.410.10272
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)13.410.12105157,1051642734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)213.410.111051633092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)13.410.101036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)413.410.12105159,105165708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)13.410.12105156,1051643250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O613.410.111051602060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)213.410.13105159,105161,1051635509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13.410.16105154,105155,105156,105161,105163,10516411547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1213.410.1110516345
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1613.410.1110516350
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S313.410.111051631935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)13.410.10716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS413.410.13105154,105161,1051635516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1113.410.10843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS313.410.111051641089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)613.410.111051571633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13.410.110105153,105155,105156,105157,105159,105160,105161,105163,105164,10516527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)13.410.13105157,105161,1051644979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS13.410.1110516342
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O13.410.10310
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O13.410.10925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S13.410.105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213.410.111105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105159,105160,105161,105162,105163,10516427198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)413.410.10951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)813.410.12105160,1051651756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13.410.111051601025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O313.410.101797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S513.410.10344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS13.410.12105157,1051614165
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2413.410.1110516343
Dantopaite  (*)PavoniteAg5Bi13S2213.410.111051633
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S813.410.12105154,105164126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S13.410.12105161,1051631027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O613.410.104135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)213.410.14105155,105163,105164,1051659895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O13.410.1110515797
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS213.410.11105163246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13.410.14105159,105160,105163,1051658173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O13.410.10138
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O13.410.12105163,105164484
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS413.410.11105164163
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F13.410.111051652740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213.410.111051639617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)13.410.12105159,1051651188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1213.410.14105154,105155,105156,105162663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS313.410.11105164105
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1813.410.1110516343
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13.410.19105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105161,105162,105163,10516424243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S413.410.10192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S913.410.1110516367
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)13.410.13105161,105162,1051637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13.410.17105154,105155,105156,105161,105162,105163,10516430554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O13.410.10188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)313.410.14105159,105160,105161,1051651544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O13.410.12105157,1051646890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O13.410.11105163409
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S913.410.1110516343
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313.410.16105154,105157,105161,105162,105163,10516414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te13.410.11105163804
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1913.410.1038
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S2213.410.1110516328
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)613.410.111051571066
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O13.410.1059
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O13.410.1050
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1413.410.10784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)613.410.102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)413.410.111051635591
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S613.410.1110516380
Kupčíkite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S1013.410.1110516311
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O13.410.101271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)213.410.12105157,105164987
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1513.410.1110516338
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413.410.13105159,105160,10516514899
Makovickyite  (*)PavoniteCu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S913.410.1110516310
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213.410.16105157,105159,105160,105161,105163,10516412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS213.410.15105155,105156,105161,105162,1051635674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS213.410.11105163252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O13.410.11105163915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS213.410.12105154,105155300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS213.410.111051595800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O13.410.101508
Mummeite  (*)PavoniteCu0.58Ag3.11Pb1.10Bi6.65S1313.410.111051639
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213.410.1110516317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O13.410.102994
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S2213.410.1110516310
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S513.410.1110516372
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]13.410.12105162,105164249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe213.410.11105163409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)213.410.12105159,1051602273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]13.410.18105154,105155,105156,105157,105161,105162,105163,105164716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O13.410.11105157309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS313.410.12105154,105155733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS313.410.17105153,105154,105155,105156,105161,105162,1051641425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213.410.112105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105159,105160,105161,105162,105163,105164,10516539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl13.410.101725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)213.410.11105163771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S813.410.111051659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213.410.110105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105160,105161,105162,105163,10516461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)13.410.12105163,1051641711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)13.410.11105163969
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)213.410.12105161,105164454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)13.410.12105163,1051644894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O13.410.11105164292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)13.410.12105163,1051646417
Silver  (*)CopperAg13.410.111051645186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)13.410.12105161,1051642473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13.410.19105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105161,105162,105163,10516421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O413.410.13105159,105160,1051651934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS413.410.14105155,105156,105161,105164586
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)213.410.111051603337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1313.410.101803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1313.410.16105153,105154,105155,105156,105161,1051635317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O13.410.111051604899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O13.410.11105164433
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS213.410.1110516246
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1013.410.12105159,1051611395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS313.410.11105163297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO413.410.111051611655
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)13.410.1110515712
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)13.410.105251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13.410.111051601025


7 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
Kristen00141511.710.1 K-Ar illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00141611.710.511.1±0.6Rb-Sr illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00141712.211.611.9±0.3K-Ar illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen001418121111.5±0.5K-Ar illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00141913.412.212.8±0.6Rb-Sr illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00142012.111.2 K-Armineralization age of deposit      108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00142112.811.2 Rb-Srmineralization age of deposit      108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 

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