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Locality Name:
Kemlas, Berg, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 72991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kemlas, Berg, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eichenstein Mine
Gabe Gottes 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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperDiaspore
FluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1580929052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15809211547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15809227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215809227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1580923531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1580923846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1580922970
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2158092246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21580929617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15809224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1580927437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215809212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21580925674
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4158092369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215809239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215809261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1580926417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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