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Locality Name:
Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 1982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Adolf Mine
Andrássy I. Mine
Andrássy II. Mine
Andrássy III. Mine
Polyánka Mine
Villanytetõ Mine
Vilmos Mine

Latitude: 48°22'53"N
Longitude: 20°37'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.381388888889,20.63
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg N Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluminiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicAtacamite
BaryteBotryogenBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClaringbullite
ClayConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiaspore
DigeniteDomeykiteEnargiteEpsomiteFairfielditeGeocroniteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteKaolinite
KieseriteKobelliteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileRömeriteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianiteVoltaiteWurtziteXanthoconite

154 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allophane  (*)Aluminite  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Belendorffite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Botryogen  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Capgaronnite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Claraite  (*)Claringbullite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Greigite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Heteromorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Idaite  (*)Iltisite  (*)
Imiterite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kolymite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Metastibnite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parádsasvárite  (*)Paraschachnerite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Perroudite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rudabányaite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)
Silver  (*)Skinnerite  (*)Slavíkite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Starkeyite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)Wattevilleite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64971,649732793
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O65.52.6364967,64968,64969470
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O65.52.616496978
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O65.52.6264968,6497350
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64971,649732734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)65.52.61649731588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)265.52.61649693092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)465.52.6364968,64969,64972246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)65.52.6264970,649713250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)665.52.6464967,64968,64969,64970919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)65.52.616496771
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)265.52.6664967,64968,64969,64970,64971,649725509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64971,6497311547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)665.52.6164968132
Belendorffite  (*)NoneCu7Hg665.52.6364967,64968,649704
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)665.52.6264967,64971413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O765.52.6664967,64968,64969,64971,64972,64973450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi65.52.61649691966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS465.52.6264968,649695516
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O65.52.616497045
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1165.52.6464968,64969,64971,64973843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS365.52.61649691089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)665.52.61649671633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr65.52.6164967227
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O65.52.6164969280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64970,6497127770
Capgaronnite  (*)NoneAgHgClS65.52.616496711
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O65.52.616496788
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO265.52.61649695171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64971,649734979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O65.52.6164973925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S65.52.61649695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS265.52.6264968,6496927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS265.52.6464968,64969,64970,64971162
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl65.52.61649671382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64972,649732600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O65.52.616496840
Claringbullite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu2+4FCl(OH)665.52.616496813
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)865.52.601756
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)65.52.6164968363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O65.52.6164967295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O65.52.6464967,64968,64970,64973382
Copper  (*)CopperCu65.52.6564967,64968,64970,64971,649733846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)465.52.6464967,64968,64970,64972109
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1665.52.6164972227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS65.52.6264969,649704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64970,649712970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O65.52.6364967,64968,64969366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S65.52.6264968,649701027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1665.52.6164968300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)265.52.6364968,64969,649739895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As65.52.616497073
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)65.52.616496736
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS465.52.6164969910
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O65.52.6464968,64969,64970,64973484
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS465.52.6164968163
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O65.52.6264970,64973107
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS365.52.6164972105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS65.52.6464968,64969,64971,6497324243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S465.52.6164969192
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S2365.52.6264969,64971133
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)365.52.6024
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)65.52.6464967,64968,64969,649707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu65.52.616496830554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS65.52.6164973717
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S465.52.6062
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O65.52.6464968,64969,64970,649736890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O65.52.6164973409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O365.52.6364969,64970,6497314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O65.52.61649671689
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1965.52.616497238
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O65.52.6364968,64969,64973251
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1665.52.6164968243
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS465.52.6164968142
Iltisite  (*)NoneHgAgSCl65.52.61649673
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS265.52.616497017
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI65.52.6264967,64968180
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1465.52.6164969784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)665.52.6764967,64968,64969,64970,64971,64972,649732228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)465.52.6264968,649695591
Kolymite  (*)NoneCu7Hg665.52.61649707
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O65.52.60593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O65.52.6264968,64970149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)265.52.6164968265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)65.52.6264969,64973581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)265.52.6264967,64968987
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O65.52.6264968,6497354
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)65.52.601487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O465.52.6014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)265.52.6664967,64968,64969,64970,64971,6497212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS265.52.6364968,64969,649705674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS865.52.616496992
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O65.52.6264970,64973915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg65.52.6464967,64968,64969,64970397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS65.52.60255
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S365.52.616497187
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl65.52.6264967,649711107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O65.52.601508
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg365.52.6264967,6497024
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)265.52.6464967,64968,64969,6497117380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)65.52.6464967,64968,64970,64971492
Parádsasvárite  (*)MalachiteZn2(CO3)(OH)265.52.61649677
Paraschachnerite  (*)NoneAg3Hg265.52.616496711
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)665.52.6264967,64968158
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O65.52.60105
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl265.52.616496723
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)665.52.6164967477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]65.52.6164970716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O65.52.6164969309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS365.52.6464969,64970,64971,64973733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS365.52.6464968,64969,64971,649731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS265.52.6364967,64968,6496939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO265.52.6264969,649733106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl65.52.61649701725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS365.52.616497384
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO265.52.6464967,64968,64969,6497361156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O65.52.616496768
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O65.52.6264969,64973177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS65.52.6264970,64971712
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O65.52.6057
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O1065.52.6364968,64969,64973312
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O65.52.6164973115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)265.52.6164967454
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S565.52.616496827
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O65.52.6264969,64973293
Rudabányaite  (*)Not in a structural group(Ag2Hg2)(AsO4)Cl65.52.61649671
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)665.52.60134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O65.52.6264968,64973292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)65.52.6564968,64969,64970,64971,649736417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O65.52.6264968,6497384
Silver  (*)CopperAg65.52.6664967,64968,64969,64970,64971,649735186
Skinnerite  (*)NoneCu3SbS365.52.616497011
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O65.52.6264968,6497044
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)65.52.6564967,64968,64969,64971,649732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS65.52.6464968,64969,64971,6497321482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O65.52.6364968,64969,6497379
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS465.52.6164973586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)65.52.6464967,64968,64969,64970446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S365.52.6264970,649713418
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O65.52.6090
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS65.52.6264968,649692045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O65.52.6264969,64973139
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O65.52.6046
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1365.52.6364968,64969,649731803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO65.52.6264968,649701101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1365.52.6464968,64969,64970,649735317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)65.52.6264969,64973299
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O65.52.60245
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O365.52.6164971369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O65.52.6164973636
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O65.52.6164973111
Wattevilleite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2·4H2O (?)65.52.616496810
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS365.52.6089
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)265.52.6264967,6496828


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-0001765.52.6 ?-?     Belendorffite, Capgaronnite, Cinnabar, Iltisite, Imiterite, Kolymite, Mercury, Moschellandsbergite, PerrouditeHg1982Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary Fügedi et al. (2010) CJEES5_81 

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