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:
Zlatna (Zalatna; Zalathna), Alba, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 18750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zlatna (Zalatna; Zalathna), Alba, Romania": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Botești (Boteș; Botes; Botesbánya; Golddorf)
Faţa Băii (Facebánya; Facebay; Fatiabaja)
Maria Loretto Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Copper	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe O S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	100991,100994	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	100991,100992	1382
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	1	100994	40
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	100991,100994	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	3	100991,100992,100993	804
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	1	100994	111
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	100994	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	100991,100992,100996	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	100992,100994	21482
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	1	100994	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2	100995,100996	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	100991	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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