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Locality Name:
Lissenthan, Nabburg, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 27001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lissenthan, Nabburg, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Centa Mine (Centa-Ludwig Mine)
Gisela Mine
Hermine Mine
Merkur Mine

Latitude: 49°26'32"N
Longitude: 12°7'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.442222222222,12.130277777778

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksalt

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15883011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41588305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15883027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1588305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215883027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1588302600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1588304165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6158829310
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2458829,58830,58832,588339617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS258829,5883024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)258829,588307437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6158829121
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215883017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258829,5883039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2258830,5883261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1588306417
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1588291059
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O158829890



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