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Locality Name:
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: 14984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wölsendorf East District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nabburg
Schwarzach Bei Nabburg
Stulln

Latitude: 49°24'48"N
Longitude: 12°10'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.413333333333,12.173333333333

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicAutuniteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteGypsumJohannite
KaoliniteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePhosphuranylite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSchoepiteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTurquoiseWölsendorfiteZippeiteZircon

87 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bassetite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Curite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fourmarierite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Ianthinite  (*)Johannite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lermontovite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Paraguanajuatite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Parsonsite  (*)Penroseite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Selenium  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sklodowskite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Tyrrellite  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Villamanínite  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3272311589242734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)32723103250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O327231258922,589251272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23272311589285509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)327231658917,58920,58922,58923,58924,5892811547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1032723115892451
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O327231092
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)327231066
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi32723101966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS432723105516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O63272310248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)327231358922,58923,5892827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3272311589244979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S32723105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2327231258920,5892827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3272311589283531
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe3272310281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O327231158924566
Copper  (*)CopperCu3272311589283846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS32723104165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6327231158924310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O32723102970
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O32723115892558
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O327231051
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O32723115892282
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S32723101027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)232723109895
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O32723115892220
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2327231051
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2327231758917,58920,58922,58923,58924,58925,589289617
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O327231258922,5892861
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS327231258920,5892224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)327231258924,589287437
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3327231037
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O32723106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3327231458922,58923,58924,5892814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3272311589241689
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163272310243
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O32723115892231
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O32723115892269
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4327231258924,589285591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O327231258922,58924198
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se6327231063
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3272310581
Lermontovite  (*)NoneU4+(PO4)(OH)·H2O32723102
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4327231158920249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)232723115892812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23272311589205674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2327231158924252
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3272310443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)232723115892317380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se3272310192
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33272310176
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3272310471
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3272310767
Paraguanajuatite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Se332723109
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3272310144
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)232723115892263
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se2327231014
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O327231158928182
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6327231158924170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2327231258920,5892239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3272311589241725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327231558920,58922,58923,58924,5892861156
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)327231058
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23272310317
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10327231095
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)632723115892294
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe3272310143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)32723106417
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O32723115892256
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33272310531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS327231021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1332723105317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe327231083
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O327231558921,58922,58923,58925,589281059
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O327231158924484
Tyrrellite  (*)SpinelCu(Co,Ni)2Se4327231017
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se2327231071
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2327231458922,58924,58925,589282718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O327231258922,5892889
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O327231458922,58924,58925,58928890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O32723115892894
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS2327231010
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O32723115892443
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43272311589241655
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4327231158928175



4 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
Mo-00491275231253U-Th-Pb    Yes Mo29417Krandorf, Neunburg Vorm Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyWölsendorf-KrandorfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Mo-00492327283305U-Pb    Yes Mo29417Krandorf, Neunburg Vorm Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyWölsendorf-KrandorfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00061275231253U-Th-Pb    Yes Co, Ni1774Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyWölsendorf-KrandorfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00062327283305U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni1774Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyWölsendorf-KrandorfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140872Roland Mine (Glückauf Mine; Incl. Heinrich Mine), Stulln, Wölsendorf East District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R140872


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