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Locality Name:
Vrchlice River Valley, Poličany, Kutná Hora District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic


mindat Locality ID: 275508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vrchlice River Valley, Poličany, Kutná Hora District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Slag Locality

Latitude: 49°55'51"N
Longitude: 15°15'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.930833333333,15.256388888889
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBrochantiteCalciteCopperCorundumDevillineGypsumMagnetoplumbiteMelilite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakiteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Alacránite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hardystonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Plumboferrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tenorite  (*)Troilite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Wüstite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O714624050
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S914624018
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21462405509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61462401633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1462405707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1462403531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1462403846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1462402970
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16146240300
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)146240371
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7146240114
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1462406890
Hardystonite  (*)MeliliteCa2ZnSi2O714624014
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314624014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1462401689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61462401066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61462402228
Lead  (*)CopperPb146240192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414624014899
Plumboferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbitePb[Fe3+10.67Mn2+0.33Pb]O18.331462407
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81462409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214624061156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O146240292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1462402473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14624021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41462401934
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1462401101
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1462401044
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4146240303
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS146240372
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO14624074
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO14624098


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