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Locality Name:
Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 489
Youngest recorded age at locality: 471

mindat Locality ID: 260793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Menzlhof
Püllersreuth
Wendersreuth

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: Al Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAutuniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4894711587458803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31587412353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54894711587451310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O489471258741,587451272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181587434286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15874127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)489471258741,587454979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2489471258741,5874527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS489471258741,587454165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS489471258741,5874524243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O489471258741,58745593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2489471258741,5874512537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1587434924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21587415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2489471258743,5874517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2489471358741,58743,5874539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl489471258741,587451725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2489471358741,58743,5874561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2489471258741,58745454
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO54894711587451516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31587431214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS489471358741,58743,5874521482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO4894711587451101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O4894711587451059
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1587435251


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
Bradley_2012_066489471480±9U/Pb monazite, zircon     17203Wilma Mine, Wendersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyWendersreuth QuarryMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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