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Locality Name:
Mechelgrün, Zobes U Deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 215716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mechelgrün, Zobes U Deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Shaft 362
Shaft 59

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAutuniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCorundumFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMixite
NonePhosphuranyliteQuartzSpinelTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bergenite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O163133470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31631331534
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1631331272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)263133,6313411547
Bergenite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2Ba4(UO2)9O6(PO4)6·16H2O1631339
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)163133716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61631331633
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)316313372
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3263133,6313414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416313314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216313312537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O163133168
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O163133182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2263133,6313461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1631332705
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1631331059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21631342718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O16313389
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O163133890


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