Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 22020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya)
Dealul Crucii Adit (Crucii Hill; Kreuzberg; Kereszthegy)
Sasar Mine
Săsar-Valea Roșie Mining Area

Latitude: 47°42'34"N
Longitude: 23°36'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.709444444444,23.610833333333

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore
Enargite	Epidote	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lillianite
Madocite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Cu Fe Ge Mg O Pb S Sb W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Argyrodite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Bournonite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore
Enargite Epidote Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Halotrichite Ilvaite Kaolinite Löllingite Lillianite
Madocite Marcasite Meneghinite Molybdenite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite Wurtzite Zinkenite

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Benavidesite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diadochite ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fizélyite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Madocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Plumosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramdohrite ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Robertsite ()*	Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Semseyite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Valentinite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	101281,101291	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	0		62
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	101281,101287,101289	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	101281,101291	11547
Benavidesite ()*	None	Pb₄MnSb₆S₁₄	1	101281	8
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	101281	343
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	101290	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	101281,101290	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	5	101281,101282,101287,101288,101290	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	3	101281,101282,101283	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	101281,101283,101285,101286,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	101281	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	101281,101285,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	101281	162
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	2	101280,101281	54
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	101281	802
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1	101281	81
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	101281	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	101281,101282,101287,101289	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	0		910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	101281	8173
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	2	101281,101282	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	101281	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	101281	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	2	101281,101282	105
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	2	101281,101282	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	101281,101283,101285,101286,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	101282	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	101281	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	101281,101285,101286,101287,101289,101290,101291	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	101281,101282,101291	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	101281	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	101281	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	101281	197
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	4	101281,101282,101287,101288	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101285	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	101281	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	101281	451
Madocite ()*	Madocite	Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₁₆S₄₃	1	101281	6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	101281	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	101281	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	6	101281,101285,101287,101288,101289,101291	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	0		158
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	101281	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	101281,101290	5800
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	0		249
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	101282	105
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	101281	100
Plumosite ()*	None	Pb₂Sb₂S₅	1	101281	18
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	101291	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	101291	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	101281,101285,101291	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	101281,101285,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	101281,101287,101289	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	101281,101282,101283,101285,101286,101287,101288,101289,101291	61156
Ramdohrite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄	1	101281	34
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	101281	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	5	101281,101285,101286,101290,101291	1711
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	101282	36
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	101281	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	101281	293
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	3	101281,101282,101283	165
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	101281	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	101281,101285,101287,101289	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	101290,101291	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	101281,101282,101285,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	101285,101291	586
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	101281	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	101281	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	101281,101285,101287,101289,101290	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	101281	369
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101281	636
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	2	101281,101282	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061026	Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania	https://rruff.info/R061026
R090068	Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania	https://rruff.info/R090068
R080087	Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania	https://rruff.info/R080087

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