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Locality Name:
Plzeň District, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic


mindat Locality ID: 187125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187125.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plzeň District, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Merklín (Merklin)
Mokrouše

Latitude: 49°33'43"N
Longitude: 13°12'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.561944444444,13.203055555556

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: Au Ba C Ca Cd Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCopperCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteWurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)247205,4720611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14720527770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21472059895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14720524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14720530554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS147205717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314720614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1472051689
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214720539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21472053106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2247205,4720661156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1472052473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14720521482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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