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Locality Name:
Bacúch Magnetite Deposit, Bacúch, Brezno Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

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

mindat Locality ID: 302289
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302289.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bacúch Magnetite Deposit, Bacúch, Brezno Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°52'9"N
Longitude: 19°46'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.869166666667,19.781388888889

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 B Be Bi Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nd O P S Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nd O P S Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparGadoliniteMicaMonaziteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelTourmalineZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)10010008803
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi10010001966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO210010005171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100100027198
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1001000648
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)10010007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3100100014640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)100100055
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O310010005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4100100014899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1001000945
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)100100026
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2100100017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100100039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810010009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100100061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)10010002705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS100100021482
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1001000939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)10010005251



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
Be-00049100100100  high   YesHingganite-(Nd)Be125815Bacúch, Brezno Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Pršek et al. (2010)10.3749/canmin.48.1.81CM48_81 


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