Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valisor–Tincova, Caraş-Severin, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 76.99
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 309399
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309399.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valisor–Tincova, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tincova Cu Deposit

Latitude: 45°34'0"N
Longitude: 22°13'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.566666666667,22.233055555556

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	Chalcostibite	Copper	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Tetradymite

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 Au Bi Cu Fe Mo Pb S Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Bi Cu Pb S Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Copper Meneghinite Molybdenite None Pyrite Tetradymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Gold ()*	Krupkaite ()*
Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*

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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	65	65	0		315
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	1	101132	27198
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	65	65	0		246
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	76.99	65	0		30554
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	65	65	0		80
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	76.99	65	0		252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	76.99	76.12	1	101132	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	1	101132	39462
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	76.99	65	0		276

3 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-00441	76.99	76.19	76.59±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	TNC1	Molybdenite		Mo	206135	Tincova Cu Deposit, Valisor–Tincova, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Tincova	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00442	76.92	76.12	76.52±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	TNC1bd	Molybdenite		Mo	206135	Tincova Cu Deposit, Valisor–Tincova, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Tincova	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
PorphCu-00351	65	65	Laramian					Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206135	Tincova Cu Deposit, Valisor–Tincova, Caraş-Severin, Romania	Tincova	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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