Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wełnowiec, Katowice City Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 270217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wełnowiec, Katowice City Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alpy Dump

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.

Alum	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Cristobalite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Tridymite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Bassanite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Iron ()*	Kalsilite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kladnoite ()*	Lead ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monticellite ()*	Mullite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Salammoniac ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tschermigite ()*	Zincite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Analcime Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Cristobalite Feldspar Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Tridymite Wurtzite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	97799	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	97799	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	97799	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	97799	2060
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	97799	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	97799	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	97799	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	97799	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	97799	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	97799	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	97799	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	97799	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	97799	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	97799	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	97799	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	97799	407
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	97799	367
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	97799	1089
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	0		49
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	97799	5591
Kladnoite ()*	None	C₆H₄(CO)₂NH	1	97799	4
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	97799	192
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0		233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	97799	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	97799	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	97799	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	97799	945
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	0		153
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	97799	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	97799	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0		884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	97799	2349
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	97799	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	97799	105
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	97799	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	97799	2045
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	97799	81
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	0		98
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	97799	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0028	0	0	0		Age of mining									270608	Alpy Dump, Wełnowiec, Katowice City Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland	Alpy Dump	Fabianska (2015)		MSP44_116	Kladnoite is found as a result of anthropogenic mining activity.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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