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Locality Name:
Buchet, Lam, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 281722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281722.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fürstenzeche (Oswald Mine)

Latitude: 49°12'27"N
Longitude: 13°3'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.2075,13.064444444444

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteCubanite
FluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteUllmanniteValleriiteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stephanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21587513092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21587515509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15875111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15875127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21587515171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1587514979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215875127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1587513531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1587514165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3158751802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21587519895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)158751180
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21587519617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12158751663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15875124243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1587512812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1587516890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1587511689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31587515433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O158751593
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4158751249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215875112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21587515674
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]158751716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31587511425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215875139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1587511725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81587519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215875161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21587515614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15875121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41587511934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4158751586
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS158751293
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]158751237
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41587511655



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