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Locality Name:
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80.93
Youngest recorded age at locality: 73

mindat Locality ID: 1981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Antoniu Ore Pipe (Antoniu Deposit)
Avram Iancu Mine
Blidar Contact Deposit
Bolfu III Mine
Codreanu Mine
Elena Mine
Izvorul Cri¿ului Negru Cave
Karoli Mine
Pereßii Corlatului Cave
Secundar Contact Deposit
Tony Mine

Latitude: 46°28'52"N
Longitude: 22°34'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.481111111111,22.582222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenicAutuniteBaryteBerthierite
BranneriteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEnargite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteJunoiteKobelliteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLillianite
LinariteLudwigiteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNeyite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePavonitePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSymplesite
TalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTyroliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZippeite
Zircon

167 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)
Altaite  (*)Andersonite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Becquerelite  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)
Cupromakovickyite  (*)Cuproneyite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gladite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graţianite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ingodite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Junoite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Kotoite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Kupčíkite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Makovickyite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Miharaite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Neyite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Norbergite  (*)
Norsethite  (*)Padĕraite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pekoite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Roquesite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Suanite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Vikingite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zippeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)280.937311010233419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS380.93733101022,101024,101034315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS80.93730312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)80.937311010238803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S280.9373028
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe80.93732101024,101034489
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O80.9373047
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)380.93733101022,101023,1010241534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)280.937311010233092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O80.93731101023445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)80.937311010253250
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS980.9373016
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)680.93732101030,101032919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O80.937301272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)280.93734101022,101029,101030,1010325509
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O80.9373092
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1280.9373045
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)80.9373110103328
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1680.9373050
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O380.93730214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi80.93734101022,101023,101024,1010341966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S380.93734101022,101023,101024,1010341935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS480.937311010225516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O680.93731101023248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)680.937301633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)280.93730462
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)280.93730101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)80.93734101023,101026,101028,10102927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)680.93730359
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S2380.9373041
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S480.93730154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)80.937304979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS80.9373042
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O80.93731101029925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S80.937305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS280.93735101022,101023,101024,101029,10103427198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F280.93731101022285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O80.937303531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)480.93730951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe80.93730281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)880.937311010231756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F280.93731101022236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)80.937301025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS80.93731101023966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S880.9373082
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O80.93731101023566
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)80.93730363
Copper  (*)CopperCu80.937311010223846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O380.937301797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S580.93733101022,101024,101034344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS80.937304165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)80.9373081
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S380.93730802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O80.937311010222970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2480.93733101022,101024,10103443
Cupromakovickyite  (*)PavoniteCu4AgPb2Bi9S1880.937303
Cuproneyite  (*)NeyiteCu7Pb27Bi25S6880.937301
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S580.93733101022,101024,10103418
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S80.937301027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O680.93733101022,101023,1010244135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O80.93730164
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1680.93730300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)280.937311010239895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS280.93732101024,101034246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS480.93730910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)80.937308173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O80.93731101023814
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)280.93731101023129
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F380.9373110102252
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O80.93730303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF280.937309617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)80.937301188
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1880.93733101022,101024,10103443
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS80.93734101022,101023,101024,10103424243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S480.93732101024,101034192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S980.93732101024,10103467
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)280.9373110102925
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)80.93732101026,1010297437
Gold  (*)CopperAu80.93732101024,10103430554
Graţianite  (*)BerthieriteMnBi2S480.937311010222
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS80.93730717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)380.937311010241544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S680.93730113
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S980.93732101024,10103443
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O680.93731101024741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O380.93733101023,101024,10103414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O80.937301689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te80.93730804
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S980.9373066
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S2280.9373028
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O80.93731101025341
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH80.93732101031,101033367
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS80.9373030
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS280.93732101024,10103450
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)1680.9373018
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O80.93730198
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3580.93732101024,10103487
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)280.9373110102220
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S680.9373110102380
Kupčíkite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S1080.9373011
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O80.93730593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)80.93730581
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS680.93730128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)280.93730987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S480.93730249
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)480.93730359
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)80.93730134
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS480.93731101028198
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)80.937301487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O480.93733101023,101024,10103414899
Makovickyite  (*)PavoniteCu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S980.9373010
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)280.93734101022,101029,101030,10103212537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi80.9373088
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS880.9373092
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS680.9373019
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS80.937301066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl80.937301107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS280.9378.294101022,101023,101024,1010345800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)80.93730362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)280.9373110102317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O80.937311010261236
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se80.93730192
Neyite  (*)NeyiteAg2Cu6Pb25Bi26S6880.9373012
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs80.93731101023633
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F280.9373037
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)280.93732101028,10103630
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S2280.93732101024,10103410
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS80.93731101023767
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S1880.93732101024,10103439
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe280.93730409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)280.937311010222273
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S480.93730131
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)480.93730369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS280.93734101023,101024,101029,10103439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO280.93732101023,10102961156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs280.93731101023233
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS280.9373046
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)280.93731101029454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO280.937311010235614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)80.93733101022,101024,1010344894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O80.937311010231153
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S480.93731101023249
Silver  (*)CopperAg80.937305186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs380.93731101023531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS80.93734101022,101023,101024,10103421482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS80.93730332
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)80.9373092
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O580.9373016
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O80.9373110102392
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)80.9373110102287
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)280.937311010233337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1380.937301803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S80.93733101022,101024,101034510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1380.93732101024,1010345317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1480.9373058
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O80.937311010234899
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O80.93730245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO280.937311010232718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O80.93730890
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS280.93730106
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1080.937311010241395
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S3080.9373027
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS380.93734101022,101024,101026,101034297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO380.937311010241247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO480.9378.2901655
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)480.93730175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)80.937311010235251


8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0001980.9380.3380.63±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteBB1  Molybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002080.5479.9480.24±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteBB1  Molybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002179.0978.2978.69±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteBBH 15A.2  Molybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002279.8579.0579.45±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB1  Molybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002379.9179.1179.51±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB2  Molybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002479.8979.0979.49±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB3  Molybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002579.9679.1679.56±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB5  Molybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
sedznpb-00376797376±3        1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăitaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110028Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romaniahttps://rruff.info/R110028

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