Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lead And Silver Smelter Slag Locality, Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 238490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lead And Silver Smelter Slag Locality, Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, 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

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Copper	Covellite	Cristobalite	Devilline
Ettringite	Fairchildite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalconatronite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dypingite ()*	Elyite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fairchildite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hörnesite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Linarite ()*
Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nyerereite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Piypite ()*	Plumbonacrite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Spertiniite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Trona ()*	Zincite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Copper Covellite Cristobalite Devilline
Ettringite Fairchildite Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Vivianite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	4979
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	354	248	23
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	354	248	50
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	354	248	85
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	248	93
Fairchildite ()*	Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂	354	248	10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	6890
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	103
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	354	248	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	354	248	49
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	354	248	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	354	248	58
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	354	248	254
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	354	248	18
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	354	248	492
Piypite ()*	None	K₄Cu₄O₂(SO₄)₄·(Na,Cu)Cl	354	248	5
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂	354	248	13
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	354	248	309
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	354	248	292
Spertiniite ()*	None	Cu(OH)₂	354	248	17
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	354	248	90
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	354	248	129
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	354	248	98

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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