Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hosenberg Copper Mine, Fischbach, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hosenberg Copper Mine, Fischbach, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°45'16"N
Longitude: 7°22'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.754444444444,7.3825

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Digenite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Digenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Digenite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	248	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	2600
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	248	1027
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	5674
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	354	248	73
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	354	248	70

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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