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Locality Name:
Carolina Mine, Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 15175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carolina Mine, Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, 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: Ag Br C Cl Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Br C Cl Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltSphaleriteSulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)
Galena  (*)Kuzminite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Moschellandsbergite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Shakhovite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Terlinguaite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl354248091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl35424801382
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)354248036
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Kuzminite  (*)NoneHgBr35424804
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg3542480397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS3542480255
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg3354248024
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O33542480179
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)335424808
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35424802045
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl354248022
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33542480369


2 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)   
Hg-00015354248 ?-?    YesBelendorffite, Calomel, Cinnabar, Kleinite, Kuzminite, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschelite, Moschellandsbergite, Paraschachnerite, Schachnerite, Shakhovite, Terlinguaite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite, CocciniteHg1834Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   

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