Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kupferberg Copper Mines, Kupferberg, Kulmbach, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 16414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kupferberg Copper Mines, Kupferberg, Kulmbach, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Franz Ludwig Mine
Reinhardi Smelter Slag Locality

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58128	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58128	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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