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Locality Name:
Perőcsény, Börzsöny Mts, Pest, Hungary

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14

mindat Locality ID: 281706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perőcsény, Börzsöny Mts, Pest, Hungary": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pintér-hegyes-(Kuruc Brook)

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61414165514966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)14141655141588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)214141655145509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS414141655145516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)141416551427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14141655145707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2141416551427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu14141655143846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS14141655144165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O14141655142970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)14141655148173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF214141655149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS141416551424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14141655147437
Gold  (*)CopperAu141416551430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O14141655146890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3141416551414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4141416551414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2141416551412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214141655145800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2141416551439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814141655149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2141416551461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)14141655141711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS141416551421482



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
PorphCu-00067141414     YesArsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu24872Börzsöny Mts, Pest, HungaryBörzsöny MountainsSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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