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Locality Name:
Wendersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 489
Youngest recorded age at locality: 471

mindat Locality ID: 280976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wendersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wilma Mine

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAutuniteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFeldsparMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4894711587458803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54894711587451310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O4894711587451272
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4894711587454979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS248947115874527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4894711587454165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS48947115874524243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O489471158745593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)248947115874512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)248947115874517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS248947115874539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4894711587451725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248947115874561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2489471158745454
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO54894711587451516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS48947115874521482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO4894711587451101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O4894711587451059


1 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
Bradley_2012_066489471480±9U/Pb monazite, zircon     17203Wilma Mine, Wendersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyWendersreuth QuarryMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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