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Locality Name:
Dognecea (Dognácska; Dognaczka), Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 76.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76.21

mindat Locality ID: 7005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dognecea (Dognácska; Dognaczka), Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ferdinand Mine

Latitude: 45°16'0"N
Longitude: 21°44'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.266666666667,21.749722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGarnet
IlvaiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Wollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)376.976.2101534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)76.976.2103250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS76.976.2109052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)76.976.21027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S76.976.2105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS276.976.21027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1876.976.2101008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O676.976.2104135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS76.976.21024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu76.976.21030554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O676.976.211101096741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O376.976.21014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O76.976.2101689
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)76.976.211101096197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O676.976.21073
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O476.976.21014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS276.976.2105800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS276.976.21039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl76.976.2101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO276.976.21110109661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS76.976.21021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)276.976.2102562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO376.976.2101247


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0008976.8176.2176.51±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteOdFD.99G1  Molybdenite Mo7005Dognecea (Dognácska; Dognaczka), Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaDogneceaZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
sedznpb-0037776.976.376.6±0.3 (Re-Os mo)Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  7005Dognecea (Dognácska; Dognaczka), Ocna De Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, RomaniaDogneceaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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