Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aurum Ore Deposit, Săsar-Valea Roșie Mining Area, Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 249934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aurum Ore Deposit, Săsar-Valea Roșie Mining Area, Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aurum Mine

Latitude: 47°41'22"N
Longitude: 23°31'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.689444444444,23.53

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101286	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	101286	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	101286	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101286	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	101286	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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