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Locality Name:
Menzlhof, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 281423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menzlhof, Kirchendemenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gertrud Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteGarnetMalachiteMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31587412353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1587411272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15874127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1587414979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215874127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1587414165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15874124243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O158741593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215874112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21587415800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215874139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1587411725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215874161156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2158741454
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15874121482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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