Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hoffnung Mine (Spes Mine), Martinsknipp, Ahrbrück, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 36124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36124.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoffnung Mine (Spes Mine), Martinsknipp, Ahrbrück, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°29'4"N
Longitude: 6°57'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.484444444444,6.9655555555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Talc	Vivianite	Zinkenite

Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Metastibnite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Valentinite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite Talc Vivianite Zinkenite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	354	248	343
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	354	248	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	354	248	843
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	354	248	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	814
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	6890
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	354	248	111
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	354	248	230
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	87
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	354	248	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	354	248	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	354	248	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	3337
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	354	248	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	354	248	228

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
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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