Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wolkenburg Cu-Pb-Ag Mining District, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 229806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolkenburg Cu-Pb-Ag Mining District, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Uhlsdorf

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Covellite
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	63169	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	0		450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	0		214
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	0		251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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