Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mannbühl Quarry (Giro Quarry), Dannenfels, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 17329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17329.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mannbühl Quarry (Giro Quarry), Dannenfels, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°38'44"N
Longitude: 7°56'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.645555555556,7.9430555555556

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum
Harmotome	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vivianite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum
Harmotome Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Vivianite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	354	248	2793
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	354	248	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354	248	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	354	248	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	248	1508
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	354	248	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	5251

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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