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Locality Name:
Wilma Mine, Wendersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 489
Youngest recorded age at locality: 471

mindat Locality ID: 17203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilma Mine, Wendersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAutuniteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFeldsparMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)48947108803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO548947101310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O48947101272
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)48947104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2489471027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48947104165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS489471024243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O4894710593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2489471012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2489471017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2489471039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl48947101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2489471061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)24894710454
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO548947101516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS489471021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO48947101101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O48947101059


1 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
Bradley_2012_066489471480±9U/Pb monazite, zircon     17203Wilma Mine, Wendersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyWendersreuth QuarryMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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