Valea Roșie ore deposit, Săsar-Valea Roșie mining area, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romaniai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Valea Roșie ore deposit | Deposit |
| Săsar-Valea Roșie mining area | Mining Area |
| Baia Mare | Municipality |
| Maramureș County | County |
| Romania | Country |
Valea Roșie ore deposit, Săsar-Valea Roșie mining area, Carpathian Mountains, Europe
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 41' 35'' North , 23° 32' 45'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Băița | 1,870 (2013) | 4.2km |
| Baia Mare | 136,553 (2017) | 4.3km |
| Ulmoasa | 218 (2013) | 4.4km |
| Săsar | 1,662 (2013) | 6.5km |
| Tăuții-Măgherăuș | 2,761 (2015) | 6.7km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Valea Roșie-exploatarea miniera
Au-Ag ore mineralisations in quartz-andesites and subvolcanic bodies. Metalliferous accumulations, initially formed by magmatogenesis, show two hydrothermal stage processes: at first, precipitated Pb-Zn-Cu sulphides, native gold and pyrite, in the second formed the silver minerals (proustite, polybasite, acanthite, pyrargyrite, stephanite), the latter of them growing on the gangue of carbonate minerals.
There were identified over 40 veins and prospected two mining galleries: Calzantius and Evanghelist. Mineralized floor thickness not exceeding 600 m. This Au-Ag ore deposit represented the main mining gold and silver ore in the Baia Mare District.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ 'K Feldspar' |
| ⓘ 'K Feldspar var. Adularia' Formula: KAlSi3O8 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag |
| ⓘ Polybasite Formula: [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| ⓘ Proustite Formula: Ag3AsS3 |
| ⓘ Pyrargyrite Formula: Ag3SbS3 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Rhodochrosite Formula: MnCO3 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Stephanite Formula: Ag5SbS4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Proustite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3AsS3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrargyrite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3SbS3 |
| ⓘ | Stephanite | 2.GB.10 | Ag5SbS4 |
| ⓘ | Polybasite | 2.GB.15 | [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
| ⓘ | Rhodochrosite | 5.AB.05 | MnCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'K Feldspar var. Adularia' | - | KAlSi3O8 |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
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Valea Roșie ore deposit, Săsar-Valea Roșie mining area, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania