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Locality Name:
Arzberg Iron Mines, Arzberg, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 105475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arzberg Iron Mines, Arzberg, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerauniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSulphurVivianiteWurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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