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Locality Name:
Gmina Żarów, Świdnica Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 258
Youngest recorded age at locality: 256

mindat Locality ID: 276646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gmina Żarów, Świdnica Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Andrzej Deposit
Gołaszyce
Mielęcin
Siedlimowice

Latitude: 50°55'48"N
Longitude: 16°32'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.93,16.548888888889
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 Ca Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMelanteriteMica
MolybdeniteNoneQuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Copiapite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)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)2582561973598803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18258256297357,973594286
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O197356382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1973578173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4258256197359445
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1973566890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41973565591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O197356915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)258256297357,973594924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22582561973595800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225825619735917380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2258256397356,97357,9735961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21973575614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1973574899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)258256297357,973595251


2 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
Mo-00278258256257±1Re-Os molybdenite15/Sie  Molybdenite Mo60382Siedlimowice, Gmina Żarów, Świdnica Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, PolandSiedlimowiceMikulski and Stein (2007) GPAMM1_203 
Mo-00279258256257±1Re-Os molybdenite15/Sie  Molybdenite Mo60382Siedlimowice, Gmina Żarów, Świdnica Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, PolandSiedlimowiceMikulski and Stein (2007) GPAMM1_203 

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