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Locality Name:
Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 324
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 14899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Fichtel Lake
Großer Waldstein
Großschloppen
Kirchenlamitz
Niederlamitz
Rudolfstein

Latitude: 50°6'30"N
Longitude: 11°54'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.108333333333,11.907777777778

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl
Bismutite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pharmacosiderite	Phenakite
Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Schoepite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Wölsendorfite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl
Bismutite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Clinozoisite
Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum
Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Parisite Pharmacosiderite Phenakite
Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Schoepite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Wölsendorfite Zircon

98 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Berzelianite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*
Fluor-schorl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Guanajuatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Klockmannite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sabugalite ()*	Saléeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sklodowskite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Umangite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranosphaerite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	Wölsendorfite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	58633	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	58622,58627,58630,58632,58633	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			4	58622,58627,58630,58633	2162
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	58633	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	58622,58627,58633	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	319	0	6	58622,58625,58627,58630,58632,58633	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	324	0	1	58625	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			3	58622,58627,58630	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			3	58627,58632,58633	4286
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	324	0	1	58625	66
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	324	0	2	58625,58633	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	58622,58633	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			3	58622,58627,58630	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	324	0	1	58625	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	58633	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	58627	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	324	0	3	58622,58625,58627	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			4	58622,58627,58632,58633	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	58633	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	324	0	2	58625,58633	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	58633	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	324	0	3	58625,58627,58633	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂			1	58633	90
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	324	0	1	58625	70
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	324	0	1	58625	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	319	0	1	58625	566
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	58633	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	324	0	2	58625,58627	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	324	0	2	58625,58633	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	324	0	2	58625,58633	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	58633	144
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	319	0	1	58625	82
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	324	0	1	58625	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	324	0	2	58625,58627	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			3	58622,58627,58632	120
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F			1	58627	25
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			4	58622,58627,58630,58632	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	324	0	5	58622,58625,58627,58630,58633	9617
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	319	0	1	58625	61
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	324	0	3	58622,58625,58627	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			4	58622,58627,58630,58633	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	324	0	1	58625	30554
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	324	0	1	58625	37
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	324	0	5	58622,58625,58627,58630,58633	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	58632	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)			1	58627	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	58633	5433
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	324	0	1	58625	63
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	58633	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	58622	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	58630,58633	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	58633	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	319	0	2	58625,58633	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	58633	182
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			4	58622,58627,58630,58632	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	58622,58627,58633	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	58632,58633	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	324	0	6	58622,58625,58627,58630,58632,58633	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	58622,58633	471
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	58633	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	58622,58627	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	58620,58622,58630	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂			1	58622	112
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	58633	428
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			2	58620,58627	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	58627	2273
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	319	0	1	58625	182
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)			1	58627	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	324	0	5	58622,58625,58627,58632,58633	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	58633	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	324	0	8	58620,58622,58625,58627,58628,58630,58632,58633	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O			1	58633	66
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	58627	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			2	58627,58630	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	58632	5614
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	319	0	1	58625	87
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	319	0	1	58625	95
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	58627,58633	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			4	58622,58627,58630,58632	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	58622,58633	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	58622,58627	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	58633	5186
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	319	0	1	58625	56
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	58622,58627,58633	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	58633	668
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	58633	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	58630	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			5	58620,58622,58627,58632,58633	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	7.1	4.9	4	58625,58627,58632,58633	1059
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	324	0	1	58625	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	319	0	3	58625,58627,58633	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	319	0	3	58622,58625,58632	890
Uranosphaerite ()*	None	Bi(UO₂)O₂(OH)	319	0	1	58625	18
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	319	0	1	58625	52
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	319	0	1	58625	43
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	58627	1655
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	58633	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			5	58622,58627,58630,58632,58633	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000735	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event
Giersdorf_00000736	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event
Giersdorf_00000737	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event
Giersdorf_00000738	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event
Giersdorf_00000739	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event
Giersdorf_00000740	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event
Giersdorf_00000741	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event
Giersdorf_00000742	The Grossschloppen-Hebanz U Occurence is a uranium prospect found in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains of Bavaria, Germany. The locality is associated with the Variscan orogenic event

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000735	324	296	310±14	Upper limit for the age of the formation of the uranium deposit						279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	Age is attributed to the Weissenstadt-Markleuthen Granite found in the Grossschloppen area
Giersdorf_00000736	292	284	288±4	Upper limit for the age of the formation of the uranium deposit						279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	One of two ages is attributed to the Peripheral, Central, and Tin Granites found in the Grossschloppen area
Giersdorf_00000737	291	279	285±6	Upper limit for the age of the formation of the uranium deposit						279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	One of two ages is attributed to the Peripheral, Central, and Tin Granites found in the Grossschloppen area
Giersdorf_00000738	245	221	233±12	Age is attributed to the development of the pitchblende of the mine, although the sample studied was not pitchblende	low	torbernite	Torbernite	Uraninite	U	279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	Discordant age for the primary emplacement of the U minerals
Giersdorf_00000739	7.1	4.9	6±1.1	Age is interpreted to be the true age of the torbernite		torbernite	Torbernite	Torbernite	U	279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	Age of reshuffling of the uranium minerals, alteration from pitchblende into the secondary U minerals of the area
Giersdorf_00000740	319	220	268+51/-48	Age is attributed to the type-I uranophane which is sourced from altered pitchblende		uranophane		Uraninite	U	279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	Age is provided as 268+51/-48, and is from uranophane which is an altered product of the pitchblende
Giersdorf_00000741	3.6	0	3.6-0	Age is attributed to the type-I uranophane which is sourced from altered pitchblende		uranophane		Uraninite	U	279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	Secondary age from the type-I uranophane, which is noted to be isotopically distinct from another type labelled type-II
Giersdorf_00000742	2	0	2.0-0	The source of the uranophane is described as having two possible methods, being either hydrothermal fluid processes or derivation from secondary U minerals. The latter option is preferred as there is no evidence for hydrothermal activity during the suspec		uranophane			U	279412	Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Grossschloppen	Dill et al. (1986)	IAEA_TECDOC_361	Age is given for uranophane which is referred to as type-II

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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