Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kropfmühl, Kropfmühl-Untergriesbach Graphite Mining District, Untergriesbach, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kropfmühl, Kropfmühl-Untergriesbach Graphite Mining District, Untergriesbach, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kropfmühl Mine
Schellesreuth Shaft

Latitude: 48°37'19"N
Longitude: 13°39'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.621944444444,13.659722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite	Ettringite	Humite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*
Dravite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strätlingite ()*	Thorite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Th Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Corundum Epsomite Ettringite Humite None Olivine Pyrite Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	58321	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58320	708
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58320	951
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	58321	236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	58320	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	58320	648
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	58320	484
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	58320	93
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	58320	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	58320,58321	2812
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58320	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58320	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	58320,58321	1934
Strätlingite ()*	None	Ca₂Al(Si,Al)₂O₂(OH)₁₀·2.25H₂O	1	58320	11
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	58320	1006
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	58320	652
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58320	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	58320	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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