Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bindweide Mine, Steinebach, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 34217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34217.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bindweide Mine, Steinebach, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°43'34"N
Longitude: 7°50'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.726111111111,7.8430555555556

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*

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: Au Bi C Co Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Bi C Co Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	354	248	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	354	248	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	248	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	354	248	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	354	248	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	354	248	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	354	248	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6417

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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