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Chalcopyrite from
Văratec deposit, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz3
Pyrite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Văratec deposit, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:213989
Long-form Identifier:1:3:213989:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘCizma Mine (Cisma deposit), Poiana Botizii, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘCoasta Ursului mine, Poiana Botizii, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘJereapan, Budești, Maramureș County, Romania
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘRoata Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘCavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘBoldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘSuior Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘȘurdești, Șurdești village, Șișești, Maramureș County, Romania
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘNo. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘBaia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
References
Cook, N. J. Mineralogisches Institut der Universität Würzburg Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg Lecture to the Austrian Mineralogical Society 23 rd June 1997 in Salzburg.
Cook, N.J. (1998) Bismuth sulfphosalts [sic] from hydrothermal vein deposits of Neogene age, N.W. Romania. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 143. 19-39
Costin, D. (2012). Compositional data on boumonite-CuPbSbS3 from Varatec ore deposit, Baiut mine field, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. Studia UBB, Geologia, 48(1), 45-54.
 
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