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Locality Name:
Erbendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24223
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24223.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erbendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Grötschenreuth
Hopfau
Kührangen Quarry
Schadenreuth
Silberrangen (incl. Hans Mine; Hermannshoffnung Mine; Magda Mine)

Latitude: 49°50'50"N
Longitude: 12°1'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.847222222222,12.03
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayKaoliniteMalachite
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStrunziteTalc
Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21587033419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21587063092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15870611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15870627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)258706,587094979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215870627198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4158703951
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O158705128
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41587065591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1587031487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4258703,5870614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2258706,5870912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21587065800
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3158706733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215870639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl258706,587091725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2258706,5870861156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5158705206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1587066417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS258706,5870921482
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O15870598
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2258703,587063337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131587065317


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