Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crystal’s Cave, Codreanu Mine, Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80.93
Youngest recorded age at locality: 73

mindat Locality ID: 40765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crystal’s Cave, Codreanu Mine, Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, 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

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.

Calcite	None	Sphalerite	Stannite

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Mg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Sphalerite Stannite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Norsethite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	80.93	73	27770
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	80.93	73	198
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	80.93	73	30

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00019	80.93	80.33	80.63±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	BB1	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băiţa Bihor	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00020	80.54	79.94	80.24±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	BB1	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băiţa Bihor	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00021	79.09	78.29	78.69±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	BBH 15A.2	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băiţa Bihor	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00022	79.85	79.05	79.45±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	RO03-BB1	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băiţa Bihor	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00023	79.91	79.11	79.51±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	RO03-BB2	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băiţa Bihor	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00024	79.89	79.09	79.49±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	RO03-BB3	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băiţa Bihor	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00025	79.96	79.16	79.56±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	RO03-BB5	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băiţa Bihor	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
sedznpb-00376	79	73	76±3				Yes			1981	Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania	Băita	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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