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:
Musariu Cu-Au Deposit, Mustari (Muszàri), Brad Muşariu (Brád; Muşariu), 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: 194183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Musariu Cu-Au Deposit, Mustari (Muszàri), Brad Muşariu (Brád; Muşariu), Crișcior (Criștior; Zarándkristyor; Kristyor; Körösfalva; Kreischquell), Brad, Hunedoara, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite

Alabandite ()*	Altaite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Empressite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montbrayite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*
Rutile ()*	Skinnerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

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

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	23	2.6	312
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	23	2.6	489
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	2.6	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	23	2.6	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.6	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	23	2.6	169
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	23	2.6	43
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	23	2.6	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	2.6	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	2.6	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	23	2.6	804
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	23	2.6	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	2.6	14899
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	23	2.6	19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	2.6	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	23	2.6	67
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	23	2.6	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	2.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	2.6	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	23	2.6	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	2.6	5614
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	23	2.6	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	2.6	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	23	2.6	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	23	2.6	337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃	23	2.6	29
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	23	2.6	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	23	2.6	276
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	23	2.6	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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