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Locality Name:
Blidar Contact Deposit, Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80.93
Youngest recorded age at locality: 73

mindat Locality ID: 292275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blidar Contact Deposit, Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, 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
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCorundumGarnetKobelliteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNone
PavonitePyritePyroxeneRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
VesuvianiteWollastonite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Joséite-A  (*)Kobellite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Padĕraite  (*)
Pekoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS380.93730315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe80.93730489
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)380.937301534
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi80.937301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S380.937301935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS280.9373027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S580.93730344
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2480.9373043
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S580.9373018
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O680.937304135
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS280.93730246
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1880.9373043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS80.9373024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S480.93730192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S980.9373067
Gold  (*)CopperAu80.9373030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)380.937301544
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S980.9373043
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O680.93730741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O380.9373014640
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS280.9373050
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3580.9373087
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O480.9373014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS280.9378.2905800
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S2280.9373010
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S1880.9373039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS280.9373039462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)80.937304894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS80.9373021482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S80.93730510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1380.937305317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1080.937301395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS380.93730297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO380.937301247


8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0001980.9380.3380.63±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteBB1 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002080.5479.9480.24±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteBB1 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002179.0978.2978.69±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteBBH 15A.2 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002279.8579.0579.45±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB1 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002379.9179.1179.51±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB2 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002479.8979.0979.49±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB3 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002579.9679.1679.56±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB5 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
sedznpb-00376797376±3     Yes  1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăitaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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