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Locality Name:
RM-48 Adit (Lejtakna), Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary

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

mindat Locality ID: 66352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "RM-48 Adit (Lejtakna), Recsk, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°56'21"N
Longitude: 20°4'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.939166666667,20.0775

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Covellite
Enargite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lindackerite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stannite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Klajite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sampleite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Whewellite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Covellite
Enargite Gypsum Kaolinite Lindackerite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	35.7	34.9	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	35.7	34.9	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	35.7	34.9	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	35.7	34.9	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35.7	34.9	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	35.7	34.9	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	35.7	34.9	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	35.7	34.9	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	35.7	34.9	310
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.7	34.9	90
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.7	34.9	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	35.7	34.9	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	35.7	34.9	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	35.7	34.9	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	35.7	34.9	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	35.7	34.9	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	35.7	34.9	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35.7	34.9	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	35.7	34.9	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.7	34.9	5591
Klajite ()*	Lindackerite	MnCu₄(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)₂·9H₂O	35.7	34.9	2
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	35.7	34.9	198
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	35.7	34.9	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	35.7	34.9	28
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.7	34.9	39462
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	35.7	34.9	40
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	35.7	34.9	1153
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	35.7	34.9	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	35.7	34.9	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	35.7	34.9	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	35.7	34.9	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	35.7	34.9	1101
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	35.7	34.9	66
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	35.7	34.9	297

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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