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Locality Name:
Bühlskopf U Deposit, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13488.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bühlskopf U Deposit, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°37'4"N
Longitude: 7°8'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.617777777778,7.1466666666667
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteFluoriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NatroautuniteNickelineNonePhosphuranylitePolybasitePyriteRocksaltSchoepiteSphaleriteWurtzite
Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsenuranospathite  (*)Arsenuranylite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Curite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hallimondite  (*)Hügelite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)Kasolite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metaheinrichite  (*)Metakahlerite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Sharpite  (*)Silver  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3542480379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35424809052
Arsenuranospathite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(AsO4)2F·20H2O354248014
Arsenuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4·6H2O35424807
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O354248092
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O354248067
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35424805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3542480566
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O354248051
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O354248082
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3542480717
Hallimondite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(AsO4)2·nH2O35424803
Hügelite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2O2·5H2O35424808
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O354248055
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O3542480198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Metaheinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O354248019
Metakahlerite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O354248018
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235424805800
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O354248013
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3542480633
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3542480144
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]3542480249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)354248058
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23542480317
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6354248094
Sharpite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)3(CO3)4·3H2O35424805
Silver  (*)CopperAg35424805186
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O354248056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO235424802718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O354248094
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O354248051
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O3542480185


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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