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Anhydrite from
"Alpy" dump, Wełnowiec-Józefowiec, Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Anhydrite
Formula:CaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anhydrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view "Alpy" dump, Wełnowiec-Józefowiec, Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1074910
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1074910:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Anhydrite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘZGH Orzeł Biały smelter, Brzeziny Śląskie, Piekary Śląskie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘZM Silesia zinc smelter slag locality, Świętochłowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘHugo smelter slag locality, Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
13.3km (8.2 miles) ⓘBobrek heap, Bobrek, Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘDębieńsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
30.0km (18.7 miles) ⓘSzczygłowice Mine, Knurów, Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘWłosienica borehole, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
45.7km (28.4 miles) ⓘRybnik-Rymer (Stożki) coal-mining dump, Niedobczyce, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
47.7km (29.6 miles) ⓘMarcel mine heap, Radlin, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
68.5km (42.6 miles) ⓘHeřmanice dump, Heřmanice, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
References
Fabiańska, Monika J.; Ciesielczuk, Justyna; Kruszewski, Łukasz; Misz-Kennan, Magdalena; Blake, Donald R.; Stracher, Glenn; Moszumańska, Izabela (2013) Gaseous compounds and efflorescences generated in self-heating coal-waste dumps — A case study from the Upper and Lower Silesian Coal Basins (Poland). International Journal of Coal Geology, 116. 247-261 doi:10.1016/j.coal.2013.05.002
 
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