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Locality Name:
Pansberg Quarry, Horscha, Niesky, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 16015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pansberg Quarry, Horscha, Niesky, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°18'26"N
Longitude: 14°44'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.307222222222,14.736944444444
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 Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O P S Sb Se Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O P S Sb Se Si Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteGypsumHalotrichite
LaueiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianiteWavellite
Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Ferricopiapite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Paravauxite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Variscite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O050
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O070
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O041
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2051
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O030
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O019
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070


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