Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Magnesite Quarry, Ochtiná (Achten), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 125746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magnesite Quarry, Ochtiná (Achten), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°40'58"N
Longitude: 20°19'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.682777777778,20.317777777778

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Talc Tetrahedrite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	164	100	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	164	100	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	164	100	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	164	100	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	164	100	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	164	100	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	164	100	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	164	100	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	164	100	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	164	100	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	164	100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	164	100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164	100	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	164	100	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	164	100	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	164	100	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	164	100	5251

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
	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

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