Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 83.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 203636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ciclova (Csiklova)
Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza)

Latitude: 44°58'59"N
Longitude: 21°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.983055555556,21.783055555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Junoite	Kobellite	Löllingite	Lillianite	Melilite
Meneghinite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pavonite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Se Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Junoite Kobellite Löllingite Lillianite Melilite
Meneghinite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pavonite Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Vesuvianite Vivianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Glaucodot ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ingodite ()*
Junoite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Kupčíkite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Makovickyite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nuffieldite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	65	65	2	101114,101115	3419
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	83.01	65	1	101116	56
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	83.01	65	0		1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	65	65	1	101114	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	83.01	65	1	101114	2060
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	83.01	65	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	83.01	65	1	101114	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	65	65	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	83.01	65	2	101114,101116	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	2	101114,101115	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	75.7	65	2	101114,101115	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	82
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	83.01	65	0		344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	65	65	2	101114,101115	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	83.01	65	1	101114	4135
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	65	65	0		246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65	65	2	101114,101115	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	65	1	101114	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	83.01	65	1	101114	114
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	65	65	1	101114	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65	65	1	101116	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	83.01	65	1	101114	1544
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	83.01	65	1	101114	103
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	83.01	65	0		5433
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	83.01	65	0		30
Junoite ()*	Junoite	Cu₂Pb₃Bi₈(S,Se)₁₆	65	65	0		18
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	65	65	0		80
Kupčíkite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6Bi₅S₁₀	65	65	0		11
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	83.01	65	0		128
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	249
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	83.01	65	1	101114	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	75.7	65	1	101115	14899
Makovickyite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_1.12Ag_0.81Pb_0.27Bi_5.35S₉	65	65	0		10
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	83.01	72.5	2	101114,101115	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	633
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	65	65	0		32
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	767
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	83.01	65	1	101114	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	2	101114,101115	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	75.7	65	1	101115	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	75.7	65	1	101115	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	233
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	65	65	2	101114,101115	4894
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	83.01	65	2	101114,101115	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	65	1	101114	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	83.01	65	2	101114,101116	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	65	65	1	101114	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	83.01	65	1	101114	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	83.01	65	1	101114	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	65	65	0		297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	83.01	65	0		1247

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Mo-00088	83.01	82.41	82.71±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	No. 2Cic	Molybdenite		Mo	6926	Ciclova (Csiklova), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Ciclova	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
PorphCu-00020	65	65	65					Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Glaucodot, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	6926	Ciclova (Csiklova), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Ciclova	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00402	75.7	72.5	74.1±1.6	Re-Os	molybdenite	ORV1	Molybdenite		Mo	193304	Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Oraviţa	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00403	74.27	73.47	73.87±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	ORV1b	Molybdenite		Mo	193304	Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Oraviţa	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00404	75.24	74.24	74.74±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	ORV2	Molybdenite		Mo	193304	Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Oraviţa	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
PorphCu-00222	65	65	Laramian					Actinolite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite	Cu	193304	Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Oravita	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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