Recsk, Mátra Mts., Heves Co., Hungary

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Porphyry copper(-gold) deposit, with a diorite porphyry intrusion about 300-400 m below the present surface.
One of the largest copper reserves in Central Europe (1% Cu, 100 million t).
Both high- and low-sulphidation ore types.

Mining started in around 1850, stopped in the 1970s.
Exploration work was carried out in the 1990s. Presently under tender.

References

- Andrian, F. v. (1867): Die geologischen Verhältnisse der Erzlagerstätten von Recsk. Verh. Geol. R.-A., 1867, 167–169.
- Sztrokay, Kalman (1940): The mineral composition and genetic investigation of the ores of Recsk, Hungary. Matematikai es Termeszettudomanyi Ertesito 59, 722-746.
- Sztrokay, K. (1944): Microscopic study of ores from Recsk, Hungary. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen, Abteilung A: Mineralogie, Petrographie, 79, 104-128.
- Csongradi, Jeno (1975): Characterization of the deep-seated base metal ore mineralization of Recsk on the basis of ore-microscopic analyses. Foldtani Kozlony 105, Suppl. 672-91.
- Zelenka, Tibor (2000): Copper-polymetallic ore of Recsk deep mine, Hungary. Banyaszati es Kohaszati Lapok, Banyaszat 133, 18-23.
- Foldessy, Janos (2000): Identification, exploration and economic value of precious metals at Recsk ore deposit, Hungary. Banyaszati es Kohaszati Lapok, Banyaszat 133, 108-114.
- Foldessy, Janos; Seres-Hartai, Eva & Szebenyi, Geza (2004): Distribution of gold mineralization in the Recsk ore complex, NE Hungary. Acta Geologica Hungarica 47, 247-258.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
- Szakáll, S., Földessy, J., Less, G., Fűköh, Dávid, A., Németh, N., Hadobás, S. & Piros, O. (2010): Mineralizations in Mesozoic-Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary units of NE Hungary (with a tour in the Baradla Cave, Aggtelek). Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica Field Guide Series 14, 1-32.

External Links

- http://www.gl.rhbnc.ac.uk/geode/ABCD/Recsk.html

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite Altaite Alunite Anhydrite Aragonite Atacamite Augite Azurite Baryte β-Sulphur Bischofite 'Bitumen' Blödite Bonattite Bornite Brochantite Brucite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Coloradoite Colusite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Covellite

Crandallite Dawsonite Dickite Dolomite Dypingite Enargite Epidote Epsomite Eriochalcite Ferrimolybdite Freibergite Galena 'Garnet' Goethite Gold var: Electrum Goldfieldite Graphite Greigite Gypsum Halite Halotrichite Hedenbergite Hematite Hisingerite 'Hornblende' Illite

Jarosite Kalinite Kaolinite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Klajite (TL) Kröhnkite Kuramite Laumontite Luzonite Magnetite Marcasite Mawsonite Melanterite var: Cuprian Melanterite Melonite Mendozite Molybdenite Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Nesquehonite Northupite Palygorskite Pentahydrite Periclase Petzite Pyrite Pyrophyllite

Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Chalcedony Rutile Saponite Seligmannite 'Serpentine Group' Siderite Sideronatrite Siderotil 'Smectite Group' Sphalerite Stannoidite Sulphur Sylvanite Szomolnokite Tamarugite Tenorite Tetrahedrite Thenardite Tridymite Troilite Vesuvianite Whewellite Wittichenite Wollastonite

110 entries listed. 95 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Hungary Heves Co. Mátra Mts. Recsk Áldáska Adit Aszalás Hill Báj-brook Valley Csákány kő Györke-tető

Hungary Heves Co. Mátra Mts. Recsk Kalapos Hill Lahóca Hill Recsk Mine (Deep Level) RM-48 adit (Lejtakna) Tiszta-far tető