Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bucium (Bucsony; Bucsum; Bucsim), Bucium Commune, Alba, Romania

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

mindat Locality ID: 108619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bucium (Bucsony; Bucsum; Bucsim), Bucium Commune, Alba, Romania": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bucium Arama Deposit
Bucium Frasin Deposit
Bucium Rodu Deposit
Bucium Tarnita Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 46°13'59"N
Longitude: 23°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.233055555556,23.2

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Enargite	Feldspar	Germanite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Germanite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H K Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Enargite Feldspar Germanite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	0		8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	23	5.3	0		489
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	23	5.3	1	100974	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	23	5.3	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	1	100974	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	0		27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	23	5.3	1	100974	91
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	5.3	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	1	100974	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	1	100974	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	1	100974	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	1	100974	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	23	5.3	1	100974	33
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	2	100971,100974	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	0		14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	23	5.3	0		804
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	1	100974	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	1	100974	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	0		12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	23	5.3	0		770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	23	5.3	1	100974	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	1	100974	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	0		17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	23	5.3	0		409
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	23	5.3	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	1	100974	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	23	5.3	0		1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	1	100974	9056
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	23	5.3	0		1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	1	100974	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	23	5.3	0		337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	2	100971,100974	5317

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-00678	23	5.3	Miocene									Albite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Pyrite	Cu	236806	Bucium Tarnita Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Bucium (Bucsony; Bucsum; Bucsim), Bucium Commune, Alba, Romania	Bucium Tarnita	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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