Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Pyrzowice, Gmina Ożarowice, Tarnowskie Góry Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

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

mindat Locality ID: 276591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyrzowice, Gmina Ożarowice, Tarnowskie Góry Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bagno Bruch Mire

Latitude: 50°28'5"N
Longitude: 19°4'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.468055555556,19.071666666667

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: Ba C Ca H O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteNoneOxalate

2 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)0019784311547
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O0019784366



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_000568Pseudomorphs of barite (BaSO4) and Cd-rich ZnS after whewellite (CaC2O4·H2O) occur within remnants of Scots pine bark tissues in the peat layer of a poor fen located near a zinc smelter in south Poland


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
Michelle_00056800Recent Age of uppermost peat layer    Baryte, Sphalerite, Whewellite 270624Bagno Bruch Mire, Pyrzowice, Gmina Ożarowice, Tarnowskie Góry Co., Silesian Voivodeship, PolandBagno BruchSmieja-Król (2014)10.1007/s11356-014-2700-7ESPR21_7227As revealed by 210Pb dating, the uppermost peat layer (∼40 cm thick) in the fen has formed over the last 200 years, i.e., during the period of intense mining and heavy industry in Upper Silesia


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