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Locality Name:
Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 14988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ebertsbierl Mine
Häusler & Co. Mine (Graf Mine)
Venetianer Shaft

Latitude: 49°26'23"N
Longitude: 12°6'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.439722222222,12.113333333333

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksalt

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2258832,588339617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215883261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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