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Locality Name:
Königsberg, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 15185
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15185.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Königsberg, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Christiansglück Mine
Hohe Buche
Theodors Erzlust Mine

Latitude: 49°34'35"N
Longitude: 7°34'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.576388888889,7.5752777777778
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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Ca Cu H Hg I Mn O P S Sb U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDiaspore
FluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphuranylitePyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heinrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Opal  (*)
Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23542481614352162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248361434,61435,6143611547
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl35424816143491
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816143527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl354248261434,614361382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS354248361434,61435,614362600
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl235424816143516
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481614354165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2354248161435453
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248261434,6143624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481614357437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Heinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O354248018
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816143514640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163542480243
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI3542480180
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248261434,614365591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248161435581
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354248261434,614365674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O354248261434,61436915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248161434397
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O354248161435443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161435182
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg3354248024
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3542481614352994
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O354248161435182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248361434,61435,6143639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2354248261434,614363106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261434,6143661156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10354248161435312
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816143521482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)354248161435446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335424803418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481614355317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O35424801059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23542481614352718
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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