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Locality Name:
Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 15182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bergmannsherz Mine
Erzengel Michael Mine (Erzengel Mine)
Frischer Mut Mine (Frischemuth Mine)
Gottes Gabe Mine (Gottesgabe Mine)
Prinz Friedrich Mine (Graf Friedrich Mine)
Roßwald Mine
St. Peter Mine
St. Philipp Mine

Latitude: 49°40'2"N
Longitude: 7°47'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.667222222222,7.7872222222222

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 Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayConnellite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeHalotrichiteKaoliniteKtenasiteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur
Tetrahedrite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)
Capgaronnite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Connellite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Perroudite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Shakhovite  (*)Silver  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tiemannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S35424802793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)35424801588
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4354248161372246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481613759052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2354248261371,613755509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248461371,61374,61375,6137611547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335424801089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23542480700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816137127770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl35424816137291
Capgaronnite  (*)NoneAgHgClS354248261372,6137611
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS23542480162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS354248861370,61371,61372,61373,61374,61375,61376,613772600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O354248161372295
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481613722970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161375651
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)35424816137236
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816137524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O354248261371,61375409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816137214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542481613755591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161372593
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S43542480249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816137512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481613755674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3542480915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248461371,61372,61375,61377397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS3542480255
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg335424816137224
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161375112
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3542480767
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2354248261372,6137623
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248361371,61375,6137639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248461371,61372,61374,6137561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs23542480233
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2354248161372454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161372142
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)33542481613728
Silver  (*)CopperAg354248561371,61372,61373,61375,613775186
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335424803418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35424802045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe354248083



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-00060354248 ?-?     CapgaronniteHg15198Frischer Mut Mine (Frischemuth Mine), Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   


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