Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave

Prof. Peter Koděra, PhD.

Position:professor
Room:G-423
Phone:+421 2 9014 9279
e-mail:peter.kodera@uniba.sk
Publicationslist of publications
Oddelenie ložiskovej geológie

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Topics of Thesis

Scientific interests

  • Geochemistry, genesis and modeling of mineral deposits
  • Prognosis of mineral resources
  • Genesis of gold ore deposits (especially epithermal vein and porphyry)
  • Genesis of magnesite, bentonite and perlite deposits
  • Mineralogical methods of research (EMPA, fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, LA ICPMS, mineral geothermometers, Raman spectroscopy)

Pedagogical activities

My teaching activities are mainly focused on the field ore deposits

Bachelor degree:

  • Raw Materials
  • Ore Deposits
  • Fossil Fuels and Energy Resources

Master’s degree

  • Ore Deposits of Slovakia
  • Application of GIS in Economic and Environmental Geology
  • World Deposits
  • Hydrothermal Processes and Hydrothermal Alteration
  • Genetic Mineralogy of Natural Resources
  • Ore Textures
  • Actual Trends and Results in the Area of Raw Materials
  • Field Course in Mineralogy, Economic and Environmental Geology

Doctoral degree

  • Mineralogical, Geochemical and Other Exploration Methods in Economic Geology
  • Advanced Methods of Research in Economic Geology
  • Modelling of Conditions and Processes in Raw Materials Deposits and Environmental Applications

The most significant publications

  • Koděra, P., Majzlan, J., Pollok, Kilian, K., Stefan, Šimko, F., Scholtzová, E., Luptáková, J., Cawthorn, G. (2021): Ferrous hydroxychlorides hibbingite (γ-Fe2(OH)3Cl) and parahibbingite (β-Fe2(OH)3Cl) as a concealed sink of Cl and H2O in ultrabasic and granitic systems. American Mineralogist DOI: 10.2138/am-2022-8011
  • Koděra, P. (2020): Ložiská rudných surovín a ich genéza. 1. vyd., Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave,  176 s.
  • Koděra, P. (2020): Príklady rudných ložísk sveta. 1. vyd., Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 86 s.
  • Rottier, B., Audétat, A. Koděra, P., Lexa, J. (2020): Magmatic evolution of the mineralized Stiavnica volcano (Central Slovakia) evidence from thermobarometry, melt inclusions, and sulfide inclusions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 401, 1-23. Impakt faktor 2,617
  • Rottier, B., Audétat, A., Koděra, P., Lexa, J. (2020): Origin and Evolution of Magmas in the Porphyry Au-mineralized Javorie Volcano (Central Slovakia): Evidence from Thermobarometry, Melt Inclusions and Sulfide Inclusions. Journal of Petrology, 60, 2449-2482. Impakt faktor 3,451
  • Grishina, S., Koděra, P., Goryainov, S., Oreshonkov, A., Seryotkin Y., Šimko, F., Polozov, A.G. (2020): Application of Raman spectroscopy for identification of rinneite (K3NaFeCl6) in inclusions in minerals. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, DOI: 10.1002/jrs.6005. Impakt faktor 2,809
  • Radková, P., Mikuš, T., Bakos, F., Koděra, P., – Luptáková, J. (2019): A new type of carbonate-hosted Au mineralization at Dúbrava near Rochovce, Western Carpathians. Acta Geologica Slovaca. 11, 103-118
  • Koděra, P., Kozák, J., Brčeková, J., Chovan, M., Lexa, J., Jánošík, M., Biroň, A., Uhlík, P., Bakos, F. (2018): Distribution and composition of gold in porphyry gold systems: example from the Biely Vrch deposit Slovakia. Mineralium Deposita, 53, 1193-1212. Impakt faktor 3,40.
  • Kubač, A., Chovan, M. Koděra, P., Kyle, R.J., Lexa, J., Vojtko, R. (2018): Mineralogy of the epithermal precious and base metal deposit Banská Hodruša at the Rozália Mine (Slovakia). Mineralogy and Petrology, 112, 705-731. Impakt faktor 1,573
  • Grishina, S., Koděra, P., Uriarte, L. M. , Dubessy, J., Oreshonkov, A., Goryainov, S., Šimko, F., Yakovlev, I., Roginskii, E. M. (2018): Identification of anhydrous CaCl2 and KCaCl3 in natural inclusions by Raman spectroscopy. Chemical Geology, 493, 532-543. Impakt faktor 3,57.
  • Majzlan, J., Berkh, K., Kiefer, S., Koděra, P., Fallick, A.E., Chovan, M. Bakos, F., Biroň A., Ferenc, Š., Lexa, J. (2018): Mineralogy, alteration patterns, geochemistry, and fluid properties of the Ag-Au epithermal deposit Nová Baňa, Slovakia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112, 1-23. Impakt faktor 1,573
  • Koděra, P., Takács, Á., Racek, M., Šimko, F., Luptáková, J., Váczi, T., Antal, P. (2017) Javorieite, KFeCl3: a new mineral hosted by salt melt inclusions in porphyry gold systems. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 995-1004. Impakt faktor 1,36.
  • Bilohuščin, V., Uher, P., Koděra, P., Milovská, S., Mikuš, T., Bačík, P. (2017): Evolution of borate minerals from contact metamorphic to hydrothermal stages: Ludwigite-groupminerals and szaibélyite from the Vysoká – Zlatno skarn, Slovakia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 111, 643-658. Impakt faktor 1,664.
  • Kozák, J., Koděra, P., Lexa, J., Bakos, F., Molnár, L., Wälle, M. (2017): Porphyry gold system of Beluj in the mantle of the Štiavnica stratovolcano (Slovakia). Acta Geologica Slovaca, 9, 45–61.
  • Gaál, Ľ, Németh, Z., Bella, P., Koděra, P. (2017): Caves in magnesite – a rare phenomenon of karstification: The case study from Slovakia. Mineralia Slovaca, 49, 157-168.
  • Šottník, P., Lalinská-Voleková, B., Brčeková, J., Koděra, P., Jurkovič, Ľ. (2016): Characterization and environmental risk assessment of potential mining waste from Detva – Biely vrch deposit. Acta Geologica Slovaca, 8, 217-227.
  • Koděra, P., Bakos, F., Kubač, A., Lexa, J., Sýkora M. (2016): Epithermal Au-Ag mineralisation at the locality Prochot – Lazy in the mantle of the Štiavnica Stratovolcano. Acta Geologica Slovaca, v. 8, 149-163.
  • Majzlan, J., Berkh, K., Koděra, P., Števko, M., Bakos, F., Milovský, R. (2016): A mineralogical, fluid inclusion, and isotopic study of selected epithermal Ag-Au occurrences in the Banská Štiavnica–Hodruša-Hámre ore district, Western Carpathians. Acta Geologica Slovaca, v. 8, 133-147.
  • Bella, P., Gaál, Ľ, Šucha, V, Koděra, P., Milovský, R. (2016): Hydrothermal speleogenesis in carbonates and metasomatic silicites induced by subvolcanic intrusions: a case study from the Štiavnické vrchy Mountains, Slovakia. International Journal of Speleology, 45, 11-25 (in press). Impakt faktor 1.66
  • Bačík P., Koděra P., Uher P., Ozdín D., Jánošík M. (2015): Chlorine-enriched tourmalines in hydrothermally altered diorite porphyry from the Detva, Biely Vrch porphyry gold deposit (Slovakia). Can. Mineral., in press. Impakt faktor 1.18
  • Uher P., Milovská S., Milovský, R., Koděra, P., Bačík, P., Bilohuščin, V. (2015): Kerimasite, {Ca3}[Zr2](SiFe3+2 )O12 garnet from the Vysoká -Zlatno skarn, Štiavnica stratovolcano, Slovakia. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 715-733. Impakt faktor 2.03
  • Koděra, P., Heinrich, Ch. A., Wälle, M. & Lexa, J. (2014): Magmatic salt melt and vapour: Extreme fluids forming porphyry gold deposits in shallow volcanic settings. Geology. 42, no. 6; p. 495–498. Impakt faktor 4.64
  • Koděra, P., Lexa, J., Fallick, A.E., Wälle, M., Biroň, A. (2014): Hydrothermal fluids in epithermal and porphyry Au deposits in the Central Slovakia Volcanic Field. In: Garofalo, P. S. & Ridley, J. R. (eds) Gold-Transporting Hydrothermal Fluids in the Earth’s Crust. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 402, p. 177-206. Impakt faktor 2.58
  • Žitňan, J., Uher, P., Koděra, P., Bačík, P. (2014): Advanced argillic alteration at the Au-porphyry deposit Detva – Biely vrch in Javorie stratovolcano (central Slovakia). Bull. mineral.-petrolog. Odd. Nár. Muz. (Praha) 22, 1, 87-98. (in Slovak)
  • Jáger, V., Molnár, F., Buchs, D., Koděra, P. (2012): The connection between iron ore formations and “mud-shrimp” colonizations around sunken wood debris and hydrothermal sediments in a Lower Cretaceous continental rift basin, Mecsek Mts., Hungary. Earth-Science Reviews, 114, 250-278. Impakt faktor 7.34
  • Uher, P., Koděra, P., Ozdín, D. (2012): Kerimasite Ca3Zr2(Fe3+2Si)O12 – a rare garnet from the Ca-Mg skarn-porphyry deposit Vysoká-Zlatno, Štiavnica stratovolcano (central Slovakia). Bull. mineral.-petrolog. Odd. Nár. Muz. (Praha),1, 59-62. (in Slovak)
  • Hurai, V., Huraiová, M., Koděra, P., Prochaska, W, Vozárová, A., Dianiška I. (2011): Fluid inclusion and stable C-O isotope constraints on the origin of metasomatic magnesite deposits of the Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 52, 1283-1299. Impakt faktor 0.89
  • Hurai, V., Huraiová, M., Koděra, P., Prochaska, W, Vozárová, A., Dianiška I. (2011): Fluid inclusion and stable C-O isotope constraints on the origin of metasomatic magnesite deposits of the Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 52, 1283-1299. Impact Factor: 0.89
  • Koděra, P., Lexa, J. & Fallick, A.E. (2010): Formation of the Vysoká–Zlatno Cu–Au skarn–porphyry deposit, Slovakia. Mineralium Deposita, 45, 817-843. Impakt faktor 2.15
  • Radvanec, M., Bajtoš, P., Németh, Z., Koděra, P., Prochaska, W., Roda, Š., Tréger, M., Baláž, P., Grecula, P., Cicmanová, S., Kráľ, J., Žák, K. (2010): Magnesite and talk in Slovakia – genetic and geoenvironmental model. State Geological Institute of D. Štúr, Bratislava, 189 p. ISBN 978-80-89343-31-7.
  • Koděra, P., Lexa, J., Biroň, A., Žitňan, J. (2010) : Gold mineralization and associated alteration zones of the Biely vrch Au-porphyry deposit, Slovakia. Mineralia Slovaca, 42, 33-56.
  • Koděra, P., Uher, P., Ozdín, D., Kollárová, V., Lexa, J. (2009): Monticellite, clintonite nda hydroxylellestadite-fluorellestadite: Rare skarn minerals of the Vysoká-Zlatno Cu-Au porphyry-skarn deposit (Štiavnica stratovolcano, Slovakia). Mineralia Slovaca, 41, 169-178. (in Slovak)
  • Lexa, J., Hurai, V., Chovan, M., Koděra, P., Petro, M., Rojkovič, I., Tréger, M. (2007): Explanations to metallogenetic map of Slovak Republic 1 : 500 000. State Geological Institute of D. Štúr, Bratislava, 157 p. ISBN 978-80-89225-11-8
  • Koděra, P., Lexa, J., Rankin, A.H. & Fallick, A.E. (2005): Epithermal gold veins in a caldera setting: Banská Hodruša, Slovakia. Mineralium Deposita, 39, 921-943. Impact Factor: 2.15
  • Koděra, P., Lexa, J., Rankin, A.H. & Fallick, A.E. (2004): Fluid evolution in a subvolcanic granodiorite pluton related to Fe and Pb-Zn mineralization, Banská Štiavnica ore district, Slovakia. Economic Geology,  99, 1745-1770. Impact Factor: 2.49
  • Radvanec, M., Koděra, P. and Prochaska, W. (2004) Mg replacement at the Gemerská Poloma talc-magnesite deposit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 20, 773-790. Impact Factor: 1.12
  • Radvanec, M., Koděra, P. and Prochaska, W. (2004) Mineralogy, fluid inclusion and C, O, Sr isotope study of the Košice-Medvedia magnesite deposit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 20, 837-854. Impact Factor: 1.12
  • Németh, Z., Prochaska, W., Radvanec, M., Kováčik, M., Madaras, J., Koděra, P. and Hraško, L. (2004): Magnesite and talc origin in the sequence of geodynamic events in Veporicum, Inner Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 20, 837-854. Impact Factor: 1.12
  • Koděra, P., Murphy, P.J. & Rankin, A.H. (2003): Retrograde daughter mineral reactions in saline inclusions: the transformation ferropyrosmalite-clinopyroxene. American Mineralogist, 88, 151-158. Impact Factor: 2.20
  • Koděra, P., Radvanec, M. (2002): Comparative mineralogical and fluid inclusion study of the Hnúšťa-Mútnik talc-magnesite and Miková-Jedľovec magnesite deposit (Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Boletim Paranaense de Geociências, 50, 131-150.
  • Koděra, P., Rankin, A. H. & Lexa, J., (1998): Evolution of fluids responsible for iron skarn mineralisation: An example from the Vyhne-Klokoč deposit (Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Mineralogy and Petrology, 64, 119-147. Impact Factor: 1.68
  • Koděra, P., Rankin, A.H., Roberts, S. (1998): In situ identification of ferropyrosmalite daughter mineral from the Vyhne-Klokoč deposit. Mineralia Slovaca, 30, 479-482.
  • Koděra, P. (1994): Fe – bearing skarns. in ” Ore textures in the Western Carpathians”, Chovan, M., Háber, M., Jeleň, S., Rojkovič I., eds. Slovak Academic Press, Bratislava, 83 – 90.
  • Koděra, P. & Chovan, M. (1994): Mineralogical and paragenetical relations of the skarn deposit Vyhne-Klokoč. Mineralia Slovaca, 26, 38 – 49 (in Slovak).

Aktuálne riešené projekty

VEGA 1/0313/20 – principal investigator of the project (2020-2023) „Genesis of precious metal epithermal and porphyry mineralisations in the stratovolcanoes Štiavnica and Javorie“ Click for project annotation

The project deals with the conditions of origin and genesis of two most important types of precious metal mineralisation in Slovakia that have a real economic importance. Completion of their current level of knowledge in terms of genesis can significantly help in exploration and mining of these ores. The epithermal vein Au-Ag deposit Banská Hodruša at the Rozália mine is the only mined ore deposit in Slovakia. The completion of genesis of precious metal epithermal mineralisation in the broad vicinity of this mine is necessary for its future effective exploration. Porphyry gold mineralisation, including the Biely Vrch deposit, is an unusual type of deposit, where gold was introduced by salt melts. Completion of its genetic model has a potential to significantly improve the knowledge of these rare magmatic-hydrothermal systems even in a global aspect, because due to their rare appearance the knowledge is still just on a low level.

APVV-20-0175 – investigator of the project (2021-2024), principal investigator P. Uhlík) „Bentonite: Slovak strategic raw material – Innovative assessment of bentonite quality and origin for its efficient use ” Click for project annotation

Bentonite is an important industrial raw material. Due to the high amount of clay minerals from the smectite group, bentonite has unique properties, e.g. high swelling capacity, plasticity, high specific surface area, cation exchange capacity and low hydraulic conductivity. Due to these properties bentonites have broad range of possible applications. As a consequence, worldwide bentonite production is constantly increasing. Slovak republic (SR) is one of the world’s leading bentonite producers and bentonites belong to the strategic raw materials in SR. In the last 10-15 years, several new bentonite deposits have been opened in SR, most of which have never been studied in detail. This may mean that the potential of Slovak bentonites is not fully utilized. One of the objectives of the project is therefore the comprehensive characterization of bentonites from new deposits. The mineral and chemical composition of bentonites, their physico-chemical, mechanical and rheological properties will be determined. The obtained results will help to better understand the geology and genesis of bentonite deposits which may lead to the discovery of other economic accumulations of bentonites. The main contribution of the project lies in the rational and efficient use of domestic raw materials which will lead to the long-term sustainability of bentonite exploitation in SR. The idea itself is not new, but the way on how we want to implement the proposed changes is highly innovative. The main application outputs of the project such as: passports for the optimal utilization of different qualitative types of bentonites, 3D model of bentonite quality and geological model of selected bentonite deposit, will contribute to achieve this ambitious goal. The multidisciplinary team of experts on domestic and world bentonites in cooperation with major bentonite producer in SR, REGOS, s.r.o. is guarantee of successful solution of the proposed project.