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Locality Name:
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Horhausen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 15116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Horhausen, 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
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 H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeMilleriteNoneQuartzSphaleriteTetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Goethite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335424801089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35424801066
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317


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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