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Locality Name:
Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

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

mindat Locality ID: 131443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Będkowska Valley
Dębniki
Karniowice
Podgórze
Swoszowice

Latitude: 50°2'7"N
Longitude: 19°55'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.035277777778,19.928333333333

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetradymite
Tetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Villamanínite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51967961310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1968022734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19680211547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3433431967971966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41968025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)496800,96801,96802,9680527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1968024979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1968025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2343343296797,9680227198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183433431967951008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31967961797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5343343196797344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1968024165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1968021027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19680224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1968027437
Gold  (*)CopperAu34334319679730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O496799,96801,96804,968056890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61968022228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41968025591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O434334319679714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219680212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21968025674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23433431967975800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)234334319679717380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS196802767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2343343396797,96801,9680239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83433431967979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2396801,96802,9680561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23433431967975614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4196802249
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1968022473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS343343296797,9680221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1968052045
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3343343196797276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131968021803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131968025317
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS219680210



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00359343343Middle or Late Paleozoic      Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Cosalite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, TellurobismuthiteCu206143Będkowska Cu-Au Deposit, Będkowska Valley, Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, PolandDolina BedkowskaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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