Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tanzberg Mine, Kall, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 166

mindat Locality ID: 17647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanzberg Mine, Kall, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°32'27"N
Longitude: 6°35'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.540833333333,6.5880555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Devilline	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Linarite	Malachite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Serpierite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Devilline Gypsum Kaolinite
Linarite Malachite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	174	166	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	174	166	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	174	166	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	174	166	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	166	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	166	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	174	166	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	174	166	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	174	166	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	174	166	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	174	166	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	174	166	1689
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	174	166	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	174	166	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	166	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	174	166	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	174	166	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	174	166	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	174	166	1725
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	174	166	177
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	174	166	292

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00207	174	166	170±4 (Rb-Sr, sph)	Rb-Sr			sphalerite			Yes	Sphalerite			17614	Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Mechernich	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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