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Locality Name:
Tarnowskie Góry, Tarnowskie Góry Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


mindat Locality ID: 2580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tarnowskie Góry, Tarnowskie Góry Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bobrowniki Dolomite Mine
Bibiela-Kalety Mine
Friedrich Mine
Woźniki-Kalety Boreholes

Latitude: 50°24'53"N
Longitude: 18°51'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.414722222222,18.863055555556

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeGypsumMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1978492734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)297848,978493250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19785011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41978505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)297848,9784927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)297848,978494979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1978505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219785027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1978504165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2397848,97849,978509895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1978502740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS397848,97849,9785024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)297848,978497437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1978486890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319784814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O297848,978491689
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2297849,978505674
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2197849142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2297849,9785039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1978491725
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)297848,978492473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS297849,9785021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131978505317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS197849372



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