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Locality Name:
Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 701
Youngest recorded age at locality: 509

mindat Locality ID: 22040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Großklenau
Kemnath
Neualbenreuth
Pilmersreuth
Sägmühle (Rotes Kreuz)
Waldsassen

Latitude: 49°55'31"N
Longitude: 12°17'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.925277777778,12.287777777778

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Mica
Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Offretite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osumilite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Li Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti U Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite
Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Harmotome Kaolinite Mica
Milarite None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc
Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	701	509	2	58877,58887	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			3	58872,58874,58875	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			3	58877,58881,58883	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	58876	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	58878,58879	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	58876	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	58874	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	58884,58885	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	58872,58874,58876	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	58877	2600
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	58885	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	58872	1008
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			2	58872,58876	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	58876	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	58876	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	58885	520
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	58874	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	58878,58879,58880	30554
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O			3	58872,58874,58875	290
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	58872	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	58872,58876	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	701	509	0		5591
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	58876	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	58876	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	58874,58876	1508
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)			1	58872	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	58881,58883,58885	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	58876	884
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	58874	471
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O			2	58870,58874	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	58876	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	58885	2349
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀			1	58876	15
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	58872	75
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	58872	71
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O			1	58885	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	58878,58879	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	58872,58876,58881,58885	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	58872,58876	598
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	58884,58885	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	58874	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	58885	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	58876	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	58885	1059
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	58876	458
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	58885	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	58884	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00493	515	509	512	U-Th-Pb									Mo, Cu	105451	Waldsassen, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	Waldsassen	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
	Mo-00494	701	679	690	U-Pb									Mo, Cu	105451	Waldsassen, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	Waldsassen	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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