Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marienschacht Mine (Kuppel Mine), Wölsendorf, Schwarzach Bei Nabburg, Wölsendorf East District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 327
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231

mindat Locality ID: 14981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marienschacht Mine (Kuppel Mine), Wölsendorf, Schwarzach Bei Nabburg, Wölsendorf East District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°24'24"N
Longitude: 12°10'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.406666666667,12.181111111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite	Turquoise	Wölsendorfite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassetite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Matildite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wölsendorfite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite Turquoise Wölsendorfite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	327	231	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	327	231	11547
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	327	231	51
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	327	231	4979
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	327	231	566
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	327	231	310
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	327	231	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	327	231	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	327	231	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	327	231	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	327	231	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	327	231	198
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	327	231	252
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	327	231	170
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	327	231	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	327	231	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	327	231	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	327	231	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	327	231	890
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	327	231	43
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	327	231	1655

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00491	275	231	253	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Mo	29417	Krandorf, Neunburg Vorm Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	Wölsendorf-Krandorf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Mo-00492	327	283	305	U-Pb	Yes	Mo	29417	Krandorf, Neunburg Vorm Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	Wölsendorf-Krandorf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00061	275	231	253	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni	1774	Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	Wölsendorf-Krandorf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00062	327	283	305	U-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni	1774	Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	Wölsendorf-Krandorf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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