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Locality Name:
Bendisberg Mine, St Jost, Langenfeld, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 109177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109177.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bendisberg Mine, St Jost, Langenfeld, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°21'34"N
Longitude: 7°6'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.359444444444,7.1005555555556
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: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCovelliteDevillineDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMillerite
MiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Dickite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35424802734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235424803092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63542480919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335424801089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb3542480175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635424801633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O3542480197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)63542480151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O23542480144
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542480651
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635424801066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3542480593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)23542480265
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)3542480234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23542480987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35424801066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O43542480247
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O354248058
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3542480767
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S43542480131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3542480309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35424801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O354248068
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O3542480142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)35424802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35424802045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3542480293


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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