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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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 
AragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumIlvaiteKaoliniteMicaNone
OrpimentPyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
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)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS20162
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15055
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)20234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317



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