Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karolina Coal Mine, Pécs, Mecsek Mts, Baranya, Hungary

Oldest recorded age at locality: 298.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201.3

mindat Locality ID: 31522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karolina Coal Mine, Pécs, Mecsek Mts, Baranya, Hungary": 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.

Copiapite	Coquimbite	None	Pyrite

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: Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copiapite Coquimbite None Pyrite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Paracoquimbite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	298.9	201.3	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	298.9	201.3	136
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	298.9	201.3	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	298.9	201.3	39462

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000859	In the second part of the 20th century the Mecsek Mts were the target of intensive mineral exploration due to the Permian uranium mineralization of the Kővágószőlős Sandstone. The mining was discontinued in the 1980s; however, in the 1990s the western part of the mountains became a focus of interest once again due to the presence of a possible high level radioactive waste disposal site in the Permian Boda Siltstone Formation
Giersdorf_00000860	In the second part of the 20th century the Mecsek Mts were the target of intensive mineral exploration due to the Permian uranium mineralization of the Kővágószőlős Sandstone. The mining was discontinued in the 1980s; however, in the 1990s the western part of the mountains became a focus of interest once again due to the presence of a possible high level radioactive waste disposal site in the Permian Boda Siltstone Formation
Giersdorf_00001014	Deposit occurs near Pécs, Hungary and is found as a lenticular deposit hosted by a sandstone

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00001014	298.9	251.9	Permian	Yes	67915	Bakonya, Mecsek Mts, Baranya, Hungary	Mecsek Mine	Norman (1993)	ORNL_TM-12240	Age of the host sandstone deposit is given as Permian in age
Giersdorf_00000859	259.1	251.9	Upper Permian	Yes	12683	Kővágószőlős, Mecsek Mts, Baranya, Hungary	Kővágószőlős	Magyar et al. (2016)	FK146_223	The age of the Kővágószőlős Sandstone is described in the literature as Upper Permian in age.
Giersdorf_00000860	251.9	201.3	Lower Triassic	Yes	12683	Kővágószőlős, Mecsek Mts, Baranya, Hungary	Kővágószőlős	Magyar et al. (2016)	FK146_223	The age of the uppermost member of the Kővágószőlős formation is described as being Triassic in age due to the presence of specific sporomorphs.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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