Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rovina Cu-Au Deposit (Rovina-Remetea Deposit), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 206141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rovina Cu-Au Deposit (Rovina-Remetea Deposit), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°10'0"N
Longitude: 22°53'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.166666666667,22.9

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Germanite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mo O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Germanite Molybdenite None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Germanite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	8173
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	23	5.3	33
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00357	23	5.3	Miocene									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206141	Rovina Cu-Au Deposit (Rovina-Remetea Deposit), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania	Rovina	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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