Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ardovo, Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 145767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ardovo, Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ardovská Cave
Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 48°31'40"N
Longitude: 20°25'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.527777777778,20.432777777778

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	164	100	1	105402	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	164	100	1	105402	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	164	100	1	105402	5509
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	164	100	2	105401,105402	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	164	100	2	105401,105402	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	164	100	1	105402	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	164	100	1	105402	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	164	100	1	105402	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	164	100	1	105402	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	164	100	1	105402	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	164	100	1	105402	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	164	100	1	105402	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	164	100	1	105402	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	164	100	1	105402	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	164	100	1	105402	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	164	100	1	105402	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	164	100	1	105402	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	164	100	1	105402	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	164	100	1	105402	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	164	100	1	105402	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164	100	1	105402	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	164	100	1	105402	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	164	100	1	105402	21482
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	164	100	1	105402	636
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	164	100	1	105402	303

1 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
	Emily000545	164	100	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous		vein formation during crustal thickening triggered by Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous orogenic convergence					Yes				228102	Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia	vein and metasomatic siderite deposits near Rožňava	Hurai et al (2010)		AM28_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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