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Locality Name:
Žirovski Vrh Uranium Mine, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, Upper Carniola Region, Slovenia


mindat Locality ID: 37671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Žirovski Vrh Uranium Mine, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, Upper Carniola Region, Slovenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°4'59"N
Longitude: 14°9'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.083055555556,14.161111111111
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumJohannite
MarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaNonePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite
ZippeiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Francevillite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Johannite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metauranopilite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saléeite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Uvanite  (*)
Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O082
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O020
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O069
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Metauranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)(OH)10·5H2O05
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0144
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10095
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O094
Uvanite  (*)None(UO2)2V5+6O17·15H2O (?)09
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)40175


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