Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Malá Vlčia Valley Pegmatite Vein, Dobšiná Mining District (Dobschau; Topschau), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76

mindat Locality ID: 301282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malá Vlčia Valley Pegmatite Vein, Dobšiná Mining District (Dobschau; Topschau), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Apatite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Huttonite ()*	Hydrokenopyrochlore ()*	Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*	Hydroxycalciopyrochlore ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chlorite Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica Monazite None Pyrochlore
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	164	76	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	164	76	2353
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	164	76	5171
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	164	76	577
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	164	76	289
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	164	76	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	164	76	520
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	164	76	83
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	164	76	31
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	164	76	25
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	164	76	2740
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	164	76	37
Hydrokenopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	( ,Sb³⁺,Na)₂Nb₂O₆·H₂O	164	76	2
Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca_1.5Ta₂O₆(OH)	164	76	10
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na,U, )₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆(OH)	164	76	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	164	76	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	164	76	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	164	76	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	164	76	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164	76	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	164	76	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	164	76	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	164	76	1006
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	164	76	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	164	76	5251

2 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
	Hg-00056	120	76								Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Schachnerite	Hg	12692	Dobšiná Mining District (Dobschau; Topschau), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia		Hurai et al. (2006); Hurai et al. (2008)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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