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Locality Name:
Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 76.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76.21

mindat Locality ID: 205067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dognecea (Dognácska; Dognaczka)
Ocna De Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein)
Tăul Lung-Călina Deposit

Latitude: 45°14'0"N
Longitude: 21°40'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.233333333333,21.678055555556

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 Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Bi Cu Pb S Sb Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBismutite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteGarnetHumiteHydrotalciteIlvaite
KaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLillianiteLudwigiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMillerite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalygorskitePavonitePentlanditePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedrite
ValleriiteVeszelyiteWollastoniteWurtzite

128 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aikinite  (*)Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprobismutite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eclarite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Felbertalite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Franklinite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Makovickyite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Manjiroite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nuffieldite  (*)Padĕraite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pinakiolite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Roquesite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Turneaureite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)
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)211011013419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611010971022
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS376.976.210315
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1101097470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)376.976.216101095,101097,101101,101104,101108,1011101534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11010972734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211010973092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101097708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)76.976.212101095,1011103250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS76.976.212101095,1010979052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61101097919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211010975509
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16110109750
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3101097,101106,1011081966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32101104,1011081935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1101108716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)110109751
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe2110110641
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44101097,101101,101106,1011085516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611010971633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)76.976.217101095,101097,101101,101104,101106,101108,10111027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S41101106154
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11011101252
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS110109742
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1101097925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S76.976.213101095,101097,1011065707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1101097197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS276.976.216101095,101097,101101,101106,101108,10111027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81101104577
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1101097203
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11010973531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811010971756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21101097236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11010971025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1101097966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8110110682
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1876.976.212101095,1010971008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51101097344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2101097,1011064165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11010972970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S24110110443
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11011061027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O676.976.216101095,101097,101101,101104,101106,1011084135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211010979895
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28110109718
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41101097910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4101097,101101,101104,1011088173
Felbertalite  (*)NoneCu2Pb6Bi8S1911010979
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)22101104,101108129
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11010972740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)4101097,101101,101106,1011081188
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O4110109752
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS76.976.215101095,101097,101101,101104,10110624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41101104192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9110110467
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2101097,1011067437
Gold  (*)CopperAu76.976.213101095,101097,10110630554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1101108717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311011011544
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3110109737
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S676.976.210113
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11010971398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O676.976.213101095,101096,101104741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31101106104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O376.976.215101095,101101,101104,101108,10111014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O76.976.212101095,1010971689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2101097,101106804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4110109773
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S976.976.21066
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S22110110428
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)76.976.211101096197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O676.976.21110109573
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S76.976.21086
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se110110632
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6110110480
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1101097581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1101097234
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS676.976.210128
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41101097249
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101097359
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)9101097,101099,101100,101101,101102,101103,101105,101106,101108134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O476.976.217101095,101097,101101,101104,101106,101108,10111014899
Makovickyite  (*)PavoniteCu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S9110110410
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi76.976.21088
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16110109722
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22101097,1011015674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21101097252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS82101097,10110692
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11010971066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS276.976.2111010955800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1101097633
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S776.976.21032
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S222101097,10110410
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1101097306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1101097767
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21101097409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23101101,101106,1011082273
Pinakiolite  (*)None(Mg,Mn)2(Mn3+,Sb5+)O2(BO3)11010973
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41101097369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS276.976.215101095,101097,101101,101104,10111039462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O110109789
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211010973106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl76.976.2111010951725
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31101104147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82101097,1011069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO276.976.215101096,101097,101101,101104,10110861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21101097233
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2110109746
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41101097249
Silver  (*)CopperAg2101097,1011065186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11010972473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS76.976.215101095,101097,101101,101104,10110621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311011083418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1101097332
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S76.976.21013
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)110109787
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23101101,101104,1011063337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311010971803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1101097510
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1101097433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)276.976.216101095,101101,101104,101106,101108,1011102562
Turneaureite  (*)ApatiteCa5(AsO4)3Cl11010977
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1101106237
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O110109720
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2110110664
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32101097,101106297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO376.976.213101095,101097,1011101247
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O110109725



2 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-0008976.8176.2176.51±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteOdFD.99G1  Molybdenite Mo7005Dognecea (Dognácska; Dognaczka), Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaDogneceaZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
sedznpb-0037776.976.376.6±0.3 (Re-Os mo)Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  7005Dognecea (Dognácska; Dognaczka), Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaDogneceaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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