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Locality Name:
Sasca (Sasca Montană; Szászka), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 203634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sasca (Sasca Montană; Szászka), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°52'0"N
Longitude: 21°43'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.866666666667,21.716666666667
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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparGeocroniteLöllingiteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZinkenite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Krupkaite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pekoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S656502793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS365650315
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS656509052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3656501935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4656505516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1165650843
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S465650154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S656505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26565027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS65650966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S86565082
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S565650344
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S656501027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6656504135
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS265650246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)656508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6565024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S2365650133
Gold  (*)CopperAu6565030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36565014640
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S66565080
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S465650249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46565014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26565012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS656501066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2656505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26565017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs65650633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)656502349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS65650767
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S186565039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26565039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8656509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26565061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs265650233
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S465650249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6565021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13656505317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2656502562
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS265650106
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10656501395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS365650297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3656501247
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4265650228


5 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-0004372.972.172.50±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteFVP2 YesMolybdenite Mo2596Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaMoldova NouăZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0004472.7671.9672.36±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteOGR8 YesMolybdenite Mo2596Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaMoldova NouăZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0004573.172.372.70±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteOGR9 YesMolybdenite Mo2596Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaMoldova NouăZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0004672.8272.0272.42±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteORG4 YesMolybdenite Mo2596Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaMoldova NouăZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
PorphCu-002466565Laramian      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tremolite, WollastoniteCu203634Sasca (Sasca Montană; Szászka), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaSascaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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