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Locality Name:
Thalitter, Vöhl, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 288278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thalitter, Vöhl, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper 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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1595933250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21595935509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15959311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41595935516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15959327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1595934979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1595935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215959327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1595933846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1595934165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1595932970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15959324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1595937437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1595936890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315959314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215959312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21595935674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215959339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215959361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1595935186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15959321482
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O15959395



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