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Locality Name:
Gerecse Mts, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary

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

mindat Locality ID: 132347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gerecse Mts, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bajna
Bajót
Felsőgalla
Lábatlan
Mogyorósbánya
Sárisáp
Süttő
Tardosbánya
Tatabánya
Tokod-Altáró

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluminiteAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorrensiteCorundum
DiasporeDundasiteEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePyriteRutileSmectite-vermiculiteStarkeyite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Böhmite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corrensite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kochsándorite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O5633.9265386,6539778
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)65633.9265405,65408966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O5633.9165408272
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5633.9565388,65390,65393,65406,654083250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5633.9765386,65388,65393,65395,65396,65399,6540611547
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)5633.9165405195
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O5633.9165394104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5633.91565386,65388,65390,65393,65394,65395,65396,65397,65399,65401,65403,65405,65406,65407,6540827770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)5633.91653971252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25633.916539627198
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O5633.916539249
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O5633.9265405,65408484
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)35633.9165405504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5633.91365386,65388,65390,65393,65395,65396,65397,65399,65401,65405,65406,65407,654087437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5633.9565386,65388,65397,65405,654086890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O5633.9265405,65408409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35633.9665390,65393,65396,65399,65406,6540714640
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65633.916540865
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65633.9465386,65397,65405,654082228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45633.91653995591
Kochsándorite  (*)DundasiteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O5633.91654053
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)5633.9165393770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25633.9565386,65393,65397,65405,654085674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O5633.9265405,65408915
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O5633.91654011508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25633.916539917380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65633.9165408254
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25633.9665386,65397,65405,65406,65407,6540839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO25633.9265390,654013106
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O105633.9265396,65403312
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O5633.9465386,65397,65405,65408293
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O5633.9165403433
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O5633.9265397,6540881
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O5633.9165392652
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O5633.916540866



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0067Mány 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 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
Michelle_00675633.9EoceneStratigraphyAge of coal desposit   YesBohmite, Calcite, Pyrite 67689Coal Mine, Mány, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, Fejér, HungaryMány coal depositSajó and Szakáll (2007)10.2113/gscanmin.45.3.479CM45_479Age 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 .


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