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Locality Name:
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

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

mindat Locality ID: 14546
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14546.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland": 122
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 75

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Bochnia Co.
Brzesko Co.
Chrzanów Co.
Dąbrowa Co.
Gorlice Co.
High Tatra Mts
Kraków City Co.
Kraków Co.
Limanowa Co.
Myślenice Co.
Nowy Sącz City Co.
Nowy Sącz Co.
Nowy Targ Co.
Olkusz Co.
Oświęcim Co.
Pieniny Mts
Proszowice Co.
Sucha Co.
Tarnów Co.
Tatra Co.
Wadowice Co.
Western Tatra Mts
Wieliczka Co.

Latitude: 49°57'10"N
Longitude: 20°8'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.952777777778,20.134444444444

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 Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Th Ti V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBeryl
BrauniteBrochantiteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteEttringiteFeldspar
GarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHarmotomeHexahydriteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKieseriteLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMiniumMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PalygorskitePerovskitePhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSepiolite
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
WurtziteZircon

150 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bassanite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boyleite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Chvaleticeite  (*)
Cohenite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)Franklinite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Haycockite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kirschsteinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Microcline  (*)Minrecordite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Nickel  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentahydrite  (*)
Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)
Schafarzikite  (*)Sclarite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Srebrodolskite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Villamanínite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Wüstite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21968193419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)296828,968508803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O196834470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31968912353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51967961310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)696784,96802,96813,96853,96859,968612734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)396773,96828,968931588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2296851,968593092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)396782,96847,968511036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4196819246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)596783,96813,96815,96832,968613250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS296847,968519052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6396850,96851,968532060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2296847,968885509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)696783,96802,96819,96859,96870,9688811547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O19685982
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O296855,9686140
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O196819178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi343343296797,968191966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31968191935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4296802,968195516
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O19686123
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)296882,96887483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61968191633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2196815462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2696779,96783,96800,96801,96802,96805,96813,96815,96818,96819,96820,96823,96824,96832,96834,96843,96845,96847,96849,96850,96851,96855,96861,96870,96882,9689327770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2396779,96818,96819309
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)496773,96828,96870,968931252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)896783,96802,96813,96819,96847,96853,96860,968614979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S296802,968195707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O196852197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2343343896797,96802,96815,96819,96847,96851,96853,9688827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4296851,968533902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4196815951
Chvaleticeite  (*)HexahydriteMn(SO4)·6H2O1968613
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe319685377
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O196861382
Copper  (*)CopperCu496818,96847,96851,968813846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183433431967951008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31967961797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5343343196797344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS396802,96819,968884165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O296818,968192970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1968021027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61967824135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2896783,96784,96815,96853,96855,96859,96860,968619895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2196819160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6196819944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)296790,967938173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O296855,96861484
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)196782371
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O19683466
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2196815271
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O19686121
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O419678252
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1296783,96793,96802,96813,96819,96847,96851,96853,96855,96859,96860,9686124243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3196834504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1396778,96783,96784,96802,96813,96819,96834,96855,96859,96860,96861,96875,968857437
Gold  (*)CopperAu343343596797,96819,96847,96851,9689030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1968532812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS396852,96860,96861717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31968151544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1396773,96774,96783,96799,96801,96804,96805,96834,96853,96859,96861,96870,968936890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl396773,96819,968931398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O196861409
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O196849290
Haycockite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu4Fe5S819681712
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6196782741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3496813,96819,96882,9688814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O696783,96813,96855,96859,96860,968611689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4196782407
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O196861251
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2396783,96855,96860201
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)619688865
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)419681587
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6396813,96855,968611066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3296819,968915433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI196819180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6496802,96834,96859,968752228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4396802,96834,968595591
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)19685333
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)196875581
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4196815359
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2296819,96891238
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O419678298
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4343343896782,96797,96819,96839,96847,96851,96891,9689314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2396802,96819,9688812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)196882770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2996783,96802,96813,96815,96819,96853,96859,96860,968615674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O396855,96861,96888915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg196847397
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1968834924
Minrecordite  (*)NoneCaZn(CO3)21968598
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O296773,96893223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2343343296797,968885800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)196819945
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)196819362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2343343696793,96797,96834,96859,96885,9688817380
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl296783,9678435
Nickel  (*)CopperNi19689357
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6196853229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1967822349
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O296779,96818306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS196802767
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O19686132
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO196853114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21968282273
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6196782303
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)296847,96851140
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6296790,96793170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6196859477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23433431996783,96797,96801,96802,96813,96815,96817,96819,96834,96847,96849,96851,96853,96855,96859,96861,96870,96888,9689139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1968471725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8343343596797,96817,96847,96851,968539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22696779,96784,96792,96793,96801,96802,96805,96815,96816,96818,96819,96824,96832,96834,96847,96851,96853,96855,96859,96860,96861,96870,96888,96889,96891,9689361156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O196819177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1968821711
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O296861,96888293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2343343296797,968195614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O296779,96818301
Schafarzikite  (*)MiniumFe2+(Sb3+)2O4296855,968609
Sclarite  (*)NoneZn7(CO3)2(OH)101968553
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O396779,96815,96818241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)396783,96875,968886417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O19686184
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4196802249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51968911516
Silver  (*)CopperAg296847,968515186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1096783,96784,96802,96813,96851,96853,96855,96859,96860,968612473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3433431096783,96797,96802,96847,96851,96853,96855,96859,96860,9686121482
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O519685925
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O19686179
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31968903418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS396805,96861,968702045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl196859275
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O196861139
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3343343196797276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131968021803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13396792,96802,968885317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O196815183
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)296773,96893299
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1967931006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O296819,968914899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O196819433
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS219680210
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4196782303
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS396853,96859,96861372
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO19685374
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)196819939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)396819,96839,968915251



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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