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Locality Name:
Mühlleithen, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 283290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mühlleithen, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tannenberg 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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixiteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargite
FluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutile
TetrahedriteTopazTurquoiseWavelliteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcosiderite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)
Liskeardite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1630469052
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O163046280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21630465171
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O163046194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216304627198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O16304677
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)216304690
Copper  (*)CopperCu1630463846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1630464165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1630462970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4163046910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21630469617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1630467437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316304614640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O163046593
Liskeardite  (*)None(Al,Fe)32(AsO4)18(OH)42(H2O)22·52H2O1630465
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216304612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21630465800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216304617380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O163046428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216304639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216304661156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1630461153
Silver  (*)CopperAg1630465186
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131630461803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1630461101
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21630461476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O163046484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O163046374


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