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:
Alte Malscheid Mine, Malscheid (Mahlscheid; Mahlscheiderkopf; Mahlscheider Kopf), Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 31880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alte Malscheid Mine, Malscheid (Mahlscheid; Mahlscheiderkopf; Mahlscheider Kopf), Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Linarite	Malachite
Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*
Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Linarite Malachite
Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	248	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	24243
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	354	248	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	2045

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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