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Locality Name:
Poppenreuth Bei Tirschenreuth, Mähring, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 307529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poppenreuth Bei Tirschenreuth, Mähring, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Uranium Deposit

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBranneriteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMolybdenite
NatroautuniteNonePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRocksaltZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bassetite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chernikovite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Curite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ianthinite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sabugalite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1587729052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1587721272
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10258773,5877451
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6158772248
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2258772,5877427198
Chernikovite  (*)Natroautunite(H3O)(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O258773,5877421
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O258772,58774566
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O15877351
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1587742740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS258772,5877424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315877214640
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O15877331
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O258773,5877478
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2258772,587745674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O258773,58774388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O158774443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21587745800
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O158772182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258772,5877439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215877461156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O258773,5877487
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O258772,587731059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21587722718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O158773890


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