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Locality Name:
Coranda Quarry (Coranda Open Pit; Certej Project; Coranda-Hondol Ore Deposit), Bocşa Mare, Deva, Hunedoara, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 230381
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230381.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coranda Quarry (Coranda Open Pit; Certej Project; Coranda-Hondol Ore Deposit), Bocşa Mare, Deva, Hunedoara, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbite
EpsomiteGeocroniteGypsumHexahydriteKieseriteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Rozenite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe0169
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O041
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S230133
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O048
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6065
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S230105
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4021
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3067
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O053
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3064
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)092
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2052
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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