Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Water Cave, Codreanu Mine, 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: 40766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Water Cave, Codreanu Mine, 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: C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)280.937305509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)80.9373027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O80.93730925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS280.9373027198
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)280.9373025
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)80.937307437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)280.9373012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS280.9373039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO280.9373061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)280.93730454


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 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...