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Locality Name:
Brandholz - Goldkronach District, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 1802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brandholz - Goldkronach District, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fürstenzeche
Goldzeche
Ludwig Wittmann Shaft
Schickung Gottes Vein
Silberne Rose Mine

Latitude: 50°0'57"N
Longitude: 11°42'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.015833333333,11.708333333333

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteBrookiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCubaniteDevillineDiasporeEnargite
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurSymplesiteTapioliteTetrahedriteTitaniteWavelliteWurtzite
Zinkenite

78 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brandholzite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Byströmite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Falkmanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1580828803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21580822162
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1580823250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1580829052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21580825509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7158082450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11158082843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31580821089
Brandholzite  (*)NoneMgSb2(OH)12·6H2O258078,580826
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2158082700
Byströmite  (*)TapioliteMgSb5+2O61580823
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15808227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1580825707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215808227198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2158082162
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81580821756
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21580829895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2158082246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Falkmanite  (*)NonePb3Sb2S6017
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12158082663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15808224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1580827437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15808230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1580826890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315808214640
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1915808238
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31580825433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14158082784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS20230
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O158082593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215808212537
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S240158
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S315808287
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S170100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215808239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215808261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21580825614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1580821153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21158082165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3158082179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1580826417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15808221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)158082446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3258079,580823418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1580822045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O092
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1580824899
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3158082369
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42158081228



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