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Locality Name:
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic, Maramureș, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 2598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic, Maramureș, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°39'50"N
Longitude: 23°51'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.663888888889,23.861388888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Ilvaite Kaolinite Mica None
Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	162
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	197
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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