Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 2596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mariana Mine

Latitude: 44°44'16"N
Longitude: 21°42'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.737777777778,21.702222222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenic	Brochantite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite	Chalcoalumite
Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Epidote
Epsomite	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Vivianite	Wollastonite
Zinkenite

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 As Au B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenic Brochantite Calcite Chabazite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite
Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Epidote
Epsomite Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Kobellite Ludwigite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Rocksalt
Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Vivianite Wollastonite
Zinkenite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Allophane ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Dickite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euchroite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Geocronite ()*
Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mrázekite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Realgar ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Susannite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	65	65	315
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	73.1	65	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	73.1	65	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	73.1	65	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	73.1	65	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	73.1	65	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	65	65	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	65	65	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	65	65	172
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	73.1	65	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	65	65	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	73.1	65	843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	65	65	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	73.1	65	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	73.1	65	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	73.1	65	310
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	65	65	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	65	65	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	65	65	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	65	65	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	73.1	65	285
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	65	65	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	65	65	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	65	65	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	65	65	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	65	65	179
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73.1	65	651
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	65	65	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65	65	8173
Euchroite ()*	None	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)·3H₂O	65	65	24
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	73.1	65	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	65	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	73.1	65	192
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	73.1	65	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	73.1	65	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	73.1	65	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	73.1	65	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	73.1	65	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73.1	65	5591
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	73.1	65	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	65	65	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	65	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	65	65	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	73.1	65	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	73.1	71.96	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	65	65	1508
Mrázekite ()*	None	Bi₂Cu₃(PO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂·2H₂O	65	65	11
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	73.1	65	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	73.1	65	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	65	65	9056
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	73.1	65	712
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	73.1	65	241
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	73.1	65	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	65	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	73.1	65	57
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	73.1	65	268
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	73.1	65	99
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	65	65	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	73.1	65	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	65	65	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	73.1	65	452
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	73.1	65	636
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	65	65	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	65	65	1247
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	73.1	65	228

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Mo-00043	72.9	72.1	72.50±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	FVP2	Molybdenite		Mo	2596	Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Moldova Nouă	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00044	72.76	71.96	72.36±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	OGR8	Molybdenite		Mo	2596	Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Moldova Nouă	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00045	73.1	72.3	72.70±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	OGR9	Molybdenite		Mo	2596	Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Moldova Nouă	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00046	72.82	72.02	72.42±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	ORG4	Molybdenite		Mo	2596	Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Moldova Nouă	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
PorphCu-00008	65	65	65					Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite	Cu	2596	Moldova Nouă Mine (Moldova Nova; Neumoldowa; Neu-Moldava; Újmoldova; Nová Moldava), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo Ore Field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Moldova Noua	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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