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:
Bucium Tarnita Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Bucium (Bucsony; Bucsum; Bucsim), Bucium Commune, Alba, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 236806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bucium Tarnita Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Bucium (Bucsony; Bucsum; Bucsim), Bucium Commune, Alba, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Argyrodite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Germanite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Argyrodite ()*	Bornite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Gold ()*	Luzonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Cu Fe Ge Mo O Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Cu Fe Ge Mo O Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Argyrodite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Enargite Germanite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	23	5.3	62
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	5516
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	23	5.3	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	23	5.3	33
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	30554
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	23	5.3	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00678	23	5.3	Miocene									Albite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Pyrite	Cu	236806	Bucium Tarnita Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Bucium (Bucsony; Bucsum; Bucsim), Bucium Commune, Alba, Romania	Bucium Tarnita	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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