Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Poiana Ruscă Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 11623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poiana Ruscă Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rusca Montană Commune (Ruszkabánya; Russberg; Ruskberg)

Latitude: 45°33'57"N
Longitude: 22°27'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.565833333333,22.456666666667

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Clay	Ilvaite	Malachite	Melanterite	Monazite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Talc	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Crocoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Clay Ilvaite Malachite Melanterite Monazite
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Talc Vivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	101127	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	101127	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	101127	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	101126,101127	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	101127	4979
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	1	101127	81
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	101127	9895
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	101127	197
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	101127	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101127	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	101127	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	101127	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	101126,101127	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	101127	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	101127	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101127	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101127	2562
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101127	636
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	101126	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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