Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Wölsendorf West District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 14985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wölsendorf West District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schmidgaden
Stulln

Latitude: 49°25'19"N
Longitude: 12°6'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.421944444444,12.1025
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 Co Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Na Ni O S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsum
LöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutterudite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)32723103250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O327231258934,589381272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)327231758932,58934,58936,58937,58938,58940,5894111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)327231027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3272311589344979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS232723115894027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS327231258934,589362600
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3272310566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2327231258936,589409895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2327231758932,58934,58936,58937,58938,58940,589419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS32723115893224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)32723107437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O32723106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O332723115893614640
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O327231158934198
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3272310581
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S43272310249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2327231012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS232723105674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS23272310252
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33272310176
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3272310471
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3272310767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2327231358936,58937,5894039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327231558932,58936,58937,58938,5894161156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2327231158938317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)32723106417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33272310531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS327231021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1332723105317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O327231258934,589381059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2327231258938,589402718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O32723115893889
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O327231158934890


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

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...