Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bolcana Mine, Deva, Hunedoara, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 10
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10

mindat Locality ID: 205854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolcana Mine, Deva, Hunedoara, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°58'60"N
Longitude: 23°1'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.983333333333,23.033333333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	10	10	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	10	10	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	10	10	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	10	10	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10	10	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	10	10	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	10	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	10	10	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	10	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	10	10	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	10	10	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	10	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	10	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	10	10	33
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	10	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	10	10	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	10	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	10	10	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10	10	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	10	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	10	10	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	10	10	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	10	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	10	10	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	10	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	10	10	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	10	10	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	10	61156
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	10	10	64
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	10	10	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	10	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	10	10	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	10	10	5317

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-00293	10	10	10	Re-Os								Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	205854	Bolcana Mine, Deva, Hunedoara, Romania	Bolcana	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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