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Locality Name:
Hürnigskopf Mine, Plittersdorf, Kirchsahr, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 51188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hürnigskopf Mine, Plittersdorf, Kirchsahr, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°30'11"N
Longitude: 6°54'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.503055555556,6.9013888888889
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: C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteMilleriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteUllmannite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Millerite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3542480363
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335424801089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35424801066
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S43542480131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835424809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3542480293


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   

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