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Locality Name:
Krkonoše Mtn (Riesengebirge), Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Oldest recorded age at locality: 330
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 145731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Krkonoše Mtn (Riesengebirge), Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Černý Důl (Schwarzenthal)
Lánov (Langenau)
Obří Důl (Riesental)
Pec Pod Sněžkou (Petzer)
Špindlerův Mlýn (Spindlermühle)

Latitude: 50°41'16"N
Longitude: 15°41'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.687777777778,15.692777777778

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti Tl U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenolampriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBismutiteBukovite
CalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumLöllingiteMalachiteMeta-autuniteMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePhosphuranylitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianite
WollastoniteZircon

91 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Billietite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bukovite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Copper  (*)Devilline  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hakite-(Hg)  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Koutekite  (*)Kutinaite  (*)Langite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metauranocircite-I  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Novákite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Parsonsite  (*)Paxite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Saléeite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tiemannite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Walpurgite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
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)23302601464553419
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O26026014645790
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3293041464508803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O329304146450470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33302601464532353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23302601464572162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33293041464501534
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs330260146447379
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs33026014644719
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS330260346450,46455,464579052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3302601464571272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602601464555509
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O33026014645638
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3330260146457214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi330260346447,46450,464571966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33293041464501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)330260146457716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42602601464475516
Bukovite  (*)BukoviteCu4Tl2Se426026014644711
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)330260346447,46449,4645027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2330260246450,464535171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602601464475707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2329260446447,46450,46455,4645727198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2330260146453376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2602601464553531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O33026014645770
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe330260146447281
Copper  (*)CopperCu3293041464503846
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O329304146450366
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O33026014645782
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6330260246450,464554135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2330260246449,464509895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)329304146450648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)330260346450,46453,464558173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)333026014645772
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3302601464552740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2330260246447,464509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS330260246447,4645024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3330260246450,464551544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3293041464506890
Hakite-(Hg)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4Se1326026014644712
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6329304146450741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3330260246447,4645714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33302601464535433
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O330260146457198
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se626026014644763
Koutekite  (*)NoneCu5As226026014644718
Kutinaite  (*)NoneAg6Cu14As72602601464477
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O329260246450,46455593
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2330260146447762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O432930414645014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2329260246450,4645512537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)32930414645040
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O330260146457388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O260260246456,46457443
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O33026014645638
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23293041464505800
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se330260146457192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs330260146447633
Novákite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)21As102602601464473
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3293041464502349
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs233026014644752
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)233026014645763
Paxite  (*)ArsenopyriteCuAs22602601464473
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O330260146457182
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6330260146457170
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23293041464501898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4260260146457369
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O329304146450106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2330260446447,46450,46455,4645739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3302601464571725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83293041464509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2330260346450,46452,4645761156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2330260146447317
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1033026014645795
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)330260246450,464554894
Silver  (*)CopperAg3302601464475186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3330260146447531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS330260246450,4645521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4329304146450668
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe33026014644783
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3302601464554899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O260260246456,464571059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23293041464502562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2330260246447,464572718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O330260246456,46457890
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10330260246450,464551395
Walpurgite  (*)NoneBi4O4(UO2)(AsO4)2·2H2O33026014645738
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33293041464501247
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O260260146457185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3302601464555251



3 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
sedcu-00381260260Permian     Yes Cu18403Hradec Králové Region, Czech RepublicHorni VerneroviceCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
IAEA-CN-128_Sulovsky_0005330304330-304        145731Krkonoše Mtn (Riesengebirge), Hradec Králové Region, Czech RepublicKrkonose-Jizera MassifSulovsky (2005) IAEA-CN-128 
Jen_0001441329304329-304 age of associated magmatismscheelite   Scheelite  252892Kovárna Mine, Obří Důl (Riesental), Krkonoše Mtn (Riesengebirge), Hradec Králové Region, Czech RepublicKovárna MinePoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 


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