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Locality Name:
Rožňava (Rosenau; Rozsnyó), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

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

mindat Locality ID: 18425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rožňava (Rosenau; Rozsnyó), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Čučma
Mária Mine
Rožňava Mine (Nadabula)
Rožňavská Baňa
Rožňavská Baňa (Nadabula)

Latitude: 48°41'4"N
Longitude: 20°31'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.684444444444,20.531388888889

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mn O S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteAramayoiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyrite
AutuniteAxiniteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrociteLillianite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyrosmaliteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineUllmanniteVivianiteZinkeniteZircon

151 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Annite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antimony  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcostibite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cronstedtite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferri-ghoseite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Giessenite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Izoklakeite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jaskólskiite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Nambulite  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Plumosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tintinaite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Violarite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)216410011054693419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31641001105471315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1641001105467312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1641008105467,105469,105471,105474,105475,105476,105477,1054788803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1641001105467706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1641001105471470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)316410001534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)16410011054712734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)16410001588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21641008105468,105469,105471,105474,105475,105476,105477,1054783092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1641002105471,105478445
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21641001105468356
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21641001105467718
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1641001105471363
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41641001105471246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1641002105471,1054783250
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6164100110547129
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1641009105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,105475,105476,105477,1054789052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O16410011054701272
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21641002105468,105469260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21641004105471,105475,105476,1054785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1641005105467,105471,105474,105475,10547811547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81641001105467173
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41641002105468,105469343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi16410011054711966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31641003105467,105471,1054761935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS416410005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111641005105468,105469,105471,105472,105478843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31641008105468,105469,105471,105472,105475,105476,105477,1054781089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)616410011054711633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1641008105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,105474,105475,10547827770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4164100110546783
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1641001105471925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S16410005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21641008105467,105470,105471,105474,105475,105476,105477,10547827198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS21641003105467,105468,105469162
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81641003105467,105468,105469577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O16410011054713531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1641004105471,105475,105477,1054782600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1641003105467,105471,105478966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1641001105470566
Copper  (*)CopperCu1641003105471,105476,1054783846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51641001105471344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1641004105468,105469,105471,1054784165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61641001105470310
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4164100110547854
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1641004105469,105471,105476,1054782970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21641001105471144
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21641005105467,105468,105469,105470,1054789895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1641002105468,105469648
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21641001105471246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1641002105468,1054698173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1641001105471814
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1641001105467371
Ferri-ghoseite  (*)Amphibole   (NaMn2+)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2164100110546714
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1641005105467,105470,105471,105475,1054782740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF216410009617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121641001105478663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1641007105467,105468,105469,105471,105475,105477,10547824243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231641002105468,105469133
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31641001105471504
Giessenite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)2Pb26.4(Bi,Sb)19.6S57164100110547118
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1641001105467131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1641005105467,105471,105475,105476,1054787437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1641005105468,105469,105471,105475,10547830554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61641001105470173
Graphite  (*)NoneC16410011054712812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1641001105469170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O16410011054716890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41641001105467350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31641005105467,105471,105474,105475,10547814640
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S191641002105471,10547838
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161641001105467243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1641001105467469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31641002105471,1054785433
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57164100110547225
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O41641001105467172
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141641008105468,105469,105470,105471,105472,105476,105477,105478784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616410011054712228
Jaskólskiite  (*)MeneghiniteCuxPb2+x(Sb,Bi)2-xS5 (x ≈ 0.15)1641002105471,10547215
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41641002105471,1054785591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21641002105468,105469230
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35164100110547187
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21641001105467234
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1641001105471593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1641001105471581
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61641001105471128
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41641000249
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21641001105468238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1641002105475,1054761487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41641003105467,105471,10547814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21641006105468,105469,105471,105475,105476,10547812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1641001105467770
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO164100110546773
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21641008105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,105475,105476,1054785674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1641002105467,105471915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1641001105471397
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)16410011054694924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1641004105471,105475,105476,1054781066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21641002105469,1054705800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1641003105467,105470,105471945
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)164100110547026
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21641008105467,105469,105471,105474,105475,105476,105477,10547817380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41641001105478112
Nambulite  (*)RhodoniteLiMn2+4Si5O14(OH)164100110546712
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As31641001105478176
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)16410011054692349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1641007105467,105469,105471,105475,105476,105477,105478767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81641004105467,105475,105476,1054781512
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61641001105470170
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S5164100110547818
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216410010105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,105474,105475,105476,105477,10547839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21641002105467,1054783106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31641001105467244
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10164100110546725
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31641001105467147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81641006105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,1054789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216410010105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,105474,105475,105476,105477,10547861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)16410011054671711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1641001105467969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101641000312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21641007105467,105469,105471,105475,105476,105477,1054785614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)16410004894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1641006105468,105471,105475,105476,105477,1054782705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1641002105471,1054781153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31641002105468,105469179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1641009105468,105469,105470,105471,105474,105475,105476,105477,1054786417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41641003105475,105476,105478249
Silver  (*)CopperAg16410011054715186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31641003105471,105475,105478531
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)316410011054671214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1641009105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,105475,105476,105477,10547821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31641005105467,105468,105469,105471,1054783418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1641002105467,105478456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS16410011054672045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO16410011054711101
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1641001105467240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1316410011105467,105468,105469,105470,105471,105472,105474,105475,105476,105477,1054785317
Tintinaite  (*)KobellitePb10Cu2Sb16S35164100110547124
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O16410011054684899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O16410011054701059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)216410011054672562
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4164100110546966
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1641005105467,105471,105475,105476,105478293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO216410011054702718
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31641002105468,105469369
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41641001105478380
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1641002105467,105470939
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421641001105467228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1641004105467,105469,105471,1054785251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1641002105471,1054781025



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
Emily000545164100Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous vein formation during crustal thickening triggered by Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous orogenic convergence   Yes  228102Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakiavein and metasomatic siderite deposits near RožňavaHurai et al (2010) AM28_1 


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