Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza), 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: 193304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Elizabeth Mine

Latitude: 45°6'0"N
Longitude: 21°49'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.1,21.816666666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar
Löllingite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Scheelite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Cubanite Epidote Feldspar
Löllingite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Scheelite Spinel Tetradymite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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	0		3419
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	83.01	65	1	101116	56
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	83.01	65	1	101116	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	0		27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	75.7	65	0		966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	75.7	65	0		82
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	65	65	0		802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65	65	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65	65	1	101116	30554
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	75.7	65	0		249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	75.7	65	0		14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	75.7	65	0		1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	75.7	72.5	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	75.7	65	0		17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	75.7	65	0		633
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	75.7	65	0		2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	75.7	65	0		767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	0		39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	75.7	65	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	75.7	65	0		61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	75.7	65	0		233
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	65	65	0		4894
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	75.7	65	0		249
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	83.01	65	1	101116	510

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00088	83.01	82.41	82.71±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	No. 2Cic	Yes	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
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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