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Locality Name:
Będkowska Valley, Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 343
Youngest recorded age at locality: 343

mindat Locality ID: 206144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Będkowska Valley, Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Będkowska Bore
Będkowska Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 50°7'0"N
Longitude: 19°56'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.116666666667,19.949722222222
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 Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicBerylChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51967961310
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3433431967971966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS234334319679727198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1834334301008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31967961797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5343343196797344
Gold  (*)CopperAu34334319679730554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O434334319679714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23433431967975800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)234334319679717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS234334319679739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83433431967979056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23433431967975614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS34334319679721482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3343343196797276


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
PorphCu-00359343343Middle or Late Paleozoic      Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Cosalite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, TellurobismuthiteCu206143Będkowska Cu-Au Deposit, Będkowska Valley, Kraków City Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, PolandDolina BedkowskaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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