Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Csákány Kő, Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.9

mindat Locality ID: 65066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Csákány Kő, Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, 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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite
Marcasite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tridymite

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*
Tridymite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Lepidocrocite
Marcasite Mordenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tridymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	35.7	34.9	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	35.7	34.9	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35.7	34.9	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	35.7	34.9	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	35.7	34.9	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	35.7	34.9	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	35.7	34.9	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	35.7	34.9	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35.7	34.9	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	35.7	34.9	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	35.7	34.9	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35.7	34.9	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	35.7	34.9	5674
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	35.7	34.9	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	35.7	34.9	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.7	34.9	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	35.7	34.9	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35.7	34.9	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	35.7	34.9	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	35.7	34.9	6417
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	35.7	34.9	458

1 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
	PorphCu-00066	35.7	34.9	35.7 – 34.9±4.9							Yes		Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Graphite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	9905	Recsk Mine (Deep Level), Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary	Recsk	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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