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Locality Name:
Legnica Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 23944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Legnica Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Malomice Mine

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

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Hg Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Se Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Co Cu Fe Ge H Hg Mn Ni O Pb S Se Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumEnargiteLöllingite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiitePerovskiteRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteVivianiteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Kolymite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Nowackiite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS2602600312
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2602600445
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6260260062
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26026009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42602601971955516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26026019719527770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S42602600154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26026004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602601971955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026019719527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26026003531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O26026002970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602601971959895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42602600910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2602600814
Gold  (*)CopperAu260260030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326026019719514640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS42602600142
Kolymite  (*)NoneCu7Hg626026007
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22602600762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260012537
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As32602600176
Nowackiite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Zn3As4S1226026005
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO22602600158
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)26026002473
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4260260048
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe260260083



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
sedcu-00549260260Permian       Cu21361Malomice Mine, Legnica Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, PolandMalomiceCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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