Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Ferdinand Mine, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Oldest recorded age at locality: 313
Youngest recorded age at locality: 304

mindat Locality ID: 217965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferdinand Mine, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°10'35"N
Longitude: 14°8'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.176388888889,14.143888888889

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_564Whewellite is found in association with Westphalian age freshwater sediments of the Kladno Coal Basin. Large whewellite crystals are found on dislocations of girdles or on cracks in basal breccia resting on Proterozoic basement. Whewellite has not been found directly in the coal beds.


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
Michelle_564313304Westphalian Age of freshwater sediments   YesWhewellite 780Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech RepublicKladno Coal BasinZak and Skala (1993)10.1016/0009-2541(93)90169-JCG106_123Age of freshwater sediments


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