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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:
Schmitten Adit, Schmittenzug Mine, Lemberg, Niederhausen, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 36216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schmitten Adit, Schmittenzug Mine, Lemberg, Niederhausen, Bad Kreuznach, 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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	None	Pyrite

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: Ba C Ca Fe Hg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Fe Hg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum None Pyrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Hematite ()*	Mercury ()*
Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	2600
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	354	248	397
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
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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