Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brad, Hunedoara, Romania

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

mindat Locality ID: 156379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brad, Hunedoara, Romania": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Baia De Criș (Körösbánya; Altenburg)
Cireşata Deposit
Colnic
Crișcior (Criștior; Zarándkristyor; Kristyor; Körösfalva; Kreischquell)
Dealul Mare Deposit
Rovina Cu-Au Deposit (Rovina-Remetea Deposit)
Ruda Barza
Upper Cerboaia Valley
Valea Arsului
Valea Morii Prospect (Valei Morii Prospect)
Vorta Deposit

Latitude: 46°9'19"N
Longitude: 22°50'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.155277777778,22.849722222222

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Germanite	Gyrolite	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stilbite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Apophyllite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Germanite Gyrolite Kaolinite
Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Stilbite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Diopside ()*
Emplectite ()*	Empressite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Frohbergite ()*
Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gyrolite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montbrayite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Okenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perovskite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*
Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Skinnerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Spurrite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Tilleyite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Weissite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	101212	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	23	2.6	1	101209	312
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	23	2.6	1	101209	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	11.41	11.3	1	101215	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	11.41	11.3	1	101215	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11.41	11.3	1	101215	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	2.6	2	101209,101215	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	11.41	11.3	1	101215	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	23	2.6	1	101209	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	101213,101214	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	23	2.6	1	101206	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.6	6	101204,101205,101206,101209,101211,101215	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	23	2.6	1	101209	169
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄			1	101213	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	101213	4135
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	11.41	11.3	1	101215	246
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	23	2.6	1	101209	43
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	3	101205,101211,101215	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	11.41	11.3	1	101215	9617
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	23	2.6	1	101209	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	2.6	4	101209,101210,101215,101216	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	23	5.3	1	101211	33
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	2.6	4	101209,101211,101212,101215	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	101213	1544
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	23	2.6	2	101206,101214	142
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	23	2.6	1	101209	804
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	23	2.6	1	101206	85
Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5OH			1	101213	22
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	11.41	11.3	2	101204,101215	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	23	2.6	1	101209	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	2.6	5	101204,101205,101209,101211,101215	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	11.41	11.3	1	101215	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	2	101205,101211	5800
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	23	2.6	1	101209	19
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)			1	101213	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	2.6	3	101204,101209,101215	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	23	2.6	1	101209	67
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	23	2.6	2	101206,101214	71
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	101204	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	101213	495
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	23	2.6	1	101209	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	2.6	5	101204,101205,101209,101211,101215	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	101205	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	2.6	2	101204,101209	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇			1	101213	25
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	23	2.6	1	101209	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	2.6	2	101209,101215	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	101212	5186
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	23	2.6	1	101209	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	2.6	3	101209,101211,101215	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	101213	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)			1	101213	54
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	23	2.6	1	101206	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
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	11.41	11.3	1	101215	5317
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	23	2.6	1	101206	183
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂			1	101213	19
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	101213	1395
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	23	2.6	1	101209	31
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	101213	1247

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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 ID
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
PorphCu-00357	23	5.3	Miocene		Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206141	Rovina Cu-Au Deposit (Rovina-Remetea Deposit), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania	Rovina	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00355	11.41	11.3	11.41 – 11.3	Ar-Ar	Anatase, Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206139	Valea Morii Prospect (Valei Morii Prospect), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania	Valea Morii	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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