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Locality Name:
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1869.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°36'13"N
Longitude: 7°30'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.603611111111,7.5088888888889
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: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiaspore
DufréniteGeocroniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoise
Vivianite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bottinoite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Corkite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Pattersonite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35424802734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63542480413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73542480450
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O354248016
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113542480843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)23542480178
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)23542480309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O354248077
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)63542480151
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O3542480139
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S233542480133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248082
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)354248053
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3542480581
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S43542480249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)3542480770
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35424801066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl35424801107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248017380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33542480176
Pattersonite  (*)NonePbFe3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O35424802
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3542480428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO235424803106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35424801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)35424801711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)53542480206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33542480531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33542480369


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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