Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crișcior (Criștior; Zarándkristyor; Kristyor; Körösfalva; Kreischquell), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 146887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crișcior (Criștior; Zarándkristyor; Kristyor; Körösfalva; Kreischquell), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Brad Muşariu (Brád; Muşariu)

Latitude: 46°8'59"N
Longitude: 22°47'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.149722222222,22.799722222222

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.

Apophyllite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Ettringite	Gyrolite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Tetradymite

Alabandite ()*	Altaite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Empressite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Krennerite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Montbrayite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Okenite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*
Skinnerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Weissite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Ettringite Gyrolite Marcasite Melonite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Tetradymite

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
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	23	2.6	1	101209	312
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	23	2.6	1	101209	489
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	2.6	1	101209	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	23	2.6	1	101209	361
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	23	2.6	0		310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.6	1	101209	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	23	2.6	1	101209	169
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	23	2.6	1	101209	43
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	23	2.6	1	101209	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	2.6	1	101209	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	2.6	1	101209	30554
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	23	2.6	0		142
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	23	2.6	1	101209	804
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	23	2.6	0		85
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	23	2.6	1	101209	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	2.6	1	101209	14899
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	23	2.6	1	101209	19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	2.6	1	101209	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	23	2.6	1	101209	67
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	23	2.6	0		71
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	23	2.6	1	101209	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	2.6	1	101209	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	2.6	1	101209	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	23	2.6	1	101209	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	2.6	1	101209	5614
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	23	2.6	1	101209	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	2.6	1	101209	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	23	2.6	0		268
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	23	2.6	1	101209	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	23	2.6	1	101209	337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃	23	2.6	1	101209	29
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	23	2.6	1	101209	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	23	2.6	1	101209	276
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	23	2.6	0		183
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	23	2.6	1	101209	31

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-00223	23	2.6	Neogene									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	194183	Musariu Cu-Au Deposit, Mustari (Muszàri), Brad Muşariu (Brád; Muşariu), Crișcior (Criștior; Zarándkristyor; Kristyor; Körösfalva; Kreischquell), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania	Musariu	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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