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Czajka melaphyre quarries, Czerwieńczyce, Gmina Nowa Ruda, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Polandi
Regional Level Types
Czajka melaphyre quarriesQuarry (Inactive)
CzerwieńczyceVillage
Gmina Nowa RudaGmina
Kłodzko CountyCounty
Lower Silesian VoivodeshipVoivodeship
PolandCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 32' 13'' North , 16° 35' 24'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
50.53718,16.59005
GRN:
N34E08
Type:
Quarry (Inactive) - last checked 2022
Age:
298.9 ± 0.15 to 259.8 ± 0.4 Ma
Geologic Time:
Paleozoic : Cisuralian to Guadalupian
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bozkow1,600 (2018)2.9km
Swięcko253 (2010)4.5km
Bierkowice516 (2010)7.1km
Nowa Ruda24,753 (2018)7.9km
Włodowice792 (2018)9.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
419622
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:419622:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Hockenberg, Rothwaltersdorf/łomy melafirów na wzgórzu Czajka
Other Languages:
German:
Hockenberg, Rothwaltersdorf, Nowa Ruda , Powiat Kłodzki, Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien, Polen


A few small, abandoned melaphyre quarries around the summit of Czajka Hill 533m (Germ. Hockenberg), approx. 850m west of Czerwieńczyce village.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChlorophaeite9.EC.30(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Chlorophaeite(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ Chlorophaeite(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Chlorophaeite(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Chlorophaeite(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Chlorophaeite(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O
FeIron
Feⓘ Chlorophaeite(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Czech Republic/Germany/Poland
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
Poland

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References

Dathe E. (1904) Geologische Karte von Preußen und benachbarten deutschen Ländern. Blatt 5465 Neurode. Gradabtheilung 76, Blatt 26. Preuss. Geologische Landesanstalt Berlin.
Dathe E. (1904) Erläuterungen zur geologische Karte von Preussen und benachbarten deutschen Ländern. Lieferung 115 Blatt Neurode Nr. 5465.Gradabtheilung 76, No.26. Kraatz, Berlin Preussische Geologische Landesanstalt, Berlin, P.1-144
Oberc, J. & Wójcik, L. (1965). Objaśnienia do szczegółowej mapy geologicznej Sudetów 1:25 000. Arkusz Nowa Ruda. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Geologiczne
Awdankiewicz, M. (1999). Volcanism in a late Variscan intramontane trough: Carboniferous and Permian volcanic centres of the Intra-Sudetic Basin, SW Poland. Geologia Sudetica, 32, 13-47.
Awdankiewicz M., Awdankiewicz H. (2012) Petrography, mineral chemistry and differentiation processes of Permian mafic lavas from the Czerwieńczyce graben (eastern part of the Intra-Sudetic Basin). Mineralogia - Special Papers, 40, 65-66.
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