Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Avram Iancu 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: 219391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avram Iancu 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
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetLöllingiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSymplesiteTalc
TitaniteVivianiteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)280.937303419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)80.937308803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)380.937301534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)280.937303092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O80.93730445
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi80.937301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S380.937301935
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O680.93730248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)80.9373027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS280.9373027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)880.937301756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS80.93730966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O80.93730566
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O680.937304135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)280.937309895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O80.93730814
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)280.93730129
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS80.9373024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O380.9373014640
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S680.9373080
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O480.9373014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS280.9378.2905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)280.9373017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs80.93730633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS80.93730767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS280.9373039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO280.9373061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs280.93730233
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO280.937305614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O80.937301153
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S480.93730249
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs380.93730531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS80.9373021482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O80.9373092
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)280.937303337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O80.937304899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO280.937302718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)80.937305251


8 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-0001980.9380.3380.63±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteBB1 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002080.5479.9480.24±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteBB1 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002179.0978.2978.69±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteBBH 15A.2 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002279.8579.0579.45±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB1 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002379.9179.1179.51±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB2 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002479.8979.0979.49±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB3 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
Mo-0002579.9679.1679.56±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteRO03-BB5 YesMolybdenite Mo1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăiţa BihorZimmerman et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0149-zMD43_1 
sedznpb-00376797376±3     Yes  1981Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor, RomaniaBăitaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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