Abstract
Investigated metacarbonates are located in the Early Paleozoic rocks of Southern Gemericum unit, Slovakia. Metacarbonates are part of Vlachovo Formation (Tichá Voda, Stará Voda) and Bystrý potok Formation (Betliar, Čučma, Malá Hekerová, Smolník - Mária Terézia, Holec). Detailed studies indicated metamorphic pressure-temperature (P-T) conditions of 3 - 7 kbar at 330 - 370 °C for the Gelnica Group. The calculated P-T conditions were verified using chlorite geothermometer and phengite geobarometer. Mineral association of metacarbonates consists of Si rich (3.10 - 3.35 apfu) phengitic micas, Fe-Mg chlorites (clinochlore and chamosite), quartz, K-feldspars and accessory fluorapatite. Micas and Mg-Fe chlorites originated from metamorphic recrystallization of clay material with incorporations of basic pyroclastic material during the regional metamorphosis of pelitic protolith, which sedimented continuously with carbonates. Metacarbonates belong to the upper parts of Gelnica Group, which were metamorphosed under the greenschist facies conditions.
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