Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Săsar-Valea Roșie Mining Area, Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 258081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Săsar-Valea Roșie Mining Area, Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aurum Ore Deposit
Bartoșa-Wilhelm Ore Deposit
Tyuzoșa-Ludovica Ore Deposit
Valea Roșie Ore Deposit

Latitude: 47°42'47"N
Longitude: 23°32'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.713055555556,23.538333333333

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Gypsum Kaolinite
Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	101291	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	101287,101289	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	101291	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	101290	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	101290	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	3	101287,101288,101290	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	101285,101286,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	101285,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	101287,101289	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	101285,101286,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	101285,101286,101287,101289,101290,101291	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	101291	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	101287,101288	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101285	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	101285,101287,101288,101289,101291	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	101290	5800
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	101291	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	101291	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	101285,101291	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	101285,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	101287,101289	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	101285,101286,101287,101288,101289,101291	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	101285,101286,101290,101291	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	101285,101287,101289	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	101290,101291	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	101285,101287,101288,101289,101290,101291	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	101285,101291	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	101285,101287,101289,101290	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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