Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ochtinská Aragonite Cave, Ochtiná (Achten), Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

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

mindat Locality ID: 126380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126380.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 48°39'52"N
Longitude: 20°18'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.664444444444,20.308888888889

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz

Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Birnessite ()*
Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Mn Na O P S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Diaspore Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	164	100	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	164	100	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	164	100	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	164	100	3250
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	164	100	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	164	100	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	164	100	7437
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	164	100	341
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	164	100	367
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	164	100	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	164	100	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	164	100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164	100	61156

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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