Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lupșa Commune, Alba, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9.42
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9.16

mindat Locality ID: 290861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lupșa Commune, Alba, Romania": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lupșa (Nagylupsa; Wolfsdorf)
Mușca (Muska; Kismuska; Muszka; Russendorf; Russenhof)

Latitude: 46°19'59"N
Longitude: 23°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.333055555556,23.166666666667

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	Alunite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Argyrodite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe Ge H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	9.42	9.16	1	100983	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	9.42	9.16	1	100983	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	9.42	9.16	1	100983	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	9.42	9.16	1	100983	1588
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	9.42	9.16	1	100983	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9.42	9.16	1	100983	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	9.42	9.16	2	100982,100983	5516
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	9.42	9.16	1	100983	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	9.42	9.16	1	100983	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	9.42	9.16	1	100983	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9.42	9.16	1	100983	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	9.42	9.16	1	100983	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	9.42	9.16	1	100983	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	9.42	9.16	1	100983	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9.42	9.16	1	100983	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	9.42	9.16	1	100983	33
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9.42	9.16	1	100983	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	9.42	9.16	1	100983	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	9.42	9.16	1	100983	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	9.42	9.16	1	100983	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9.42	9.16	1	100983	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	9.42	9.16	1	100983	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9.42	9.16	1	100983	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	9.42	9.16	1	100983	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9.42	9.16	1	100983	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	9.42	9.16	1	100983	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	9.42	9.16	1	100983	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	9.42	9.16	1	100983	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9.42	9.16	1	100983	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	9.42	9.16	1	100983	105
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	9.42	9.16	1	100983	275
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	9.42	9.16	1	100983	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	9.42	9.16	1	100983	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	9.42	9.16	1	100983	5317
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	9.42	9.16	1	100983	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	9.42	9.16	1	100983	86

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-00134	9.42	9.16	9.42 - 9.16	Ar-Ar								Albite, Alunite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Woodhouseite, Zunyite	Cu	68257	Rosia Poieni Mine, Mușca (Muska; Kismuska; Muszka; Russendorf; Russenhof), Lupșa Commune, Alba, Romania	Rosia Poieni	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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