Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Baia De Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 5999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baia De Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba, Romania": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Afiniș (Afiniș-Vânăt-Baia Roşie) Mine
Franciscus Mine
Valea Lacului

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Copper	Melonite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Evansite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Krennerite ()*	Muthmannite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Pitticite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Copper Melonite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	0		489
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	0		56
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	0		111
Muthmannite ()*	None	AuAgTe₂	0		7
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	0		67
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	0		140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	100967	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	0		190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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