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Locality Name:
Voia Cu Deposit, Hunedoara, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 12.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.27

mindat Locality ID: 206140
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206140.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Voia Cu Deposit, Hunedoara, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°3'40"N
Longitude: 22°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.061111111111,22.966666666667

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Spinel

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: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	12.4	10.27	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	12.4	10.27	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12.4	10.27	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	12.4	10.27	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12.4	10.27	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12.4	10.27	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	12.4	10.27	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	12.4	10.27	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	12.4	10.27	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12.4	10.27	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	12.4	10.27	771

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-00356	12.4	10.27	12.4 –10.27									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	206140	Voia Cu Deposit, Hunedoara, Romania	Voia	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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