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Locality Name:
Będkowska Cu-Au Deposit, Będkowska Valley, Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 343
Youngest recorded age at locality: 343

mindat Locality ID: 206143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Będkowska Cu-Au Deposit, Będkowska Valley, Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°7'0"N
Longitude: 19°57'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.116666666667,19.95

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite

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 Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	343	343	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	343	343	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	343	343	344
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	343	343	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	343	343	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	343	343	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	343	343	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	343	343	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	343	343	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	343	343	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	343	343	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	343	343	276

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00359	343	343	Middle or Late Paleozoic									Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Cosalite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tellurobismuthite	Cu	206143	Będkowska Cu-Au Deposit, Będkowska Valley, Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland	Dolina Bedkowska	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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