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Locality Name:
Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 7240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°9'33"N
Longitude: 6°48'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.159166666667,6.8113888888889

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBatisiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChabazite
ChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteDescloiziteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHarmotomeHydrotalciteKieseriteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMeliliteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SodaliteSpinelStarkeyiteThomsoniteTitaniteTopazTridymiteVolborthiteWöhleriteZircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Batiferrite  (*)Batisite  (*)Bayerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Fersmanite  (*)Flörkeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Fresnoite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Götzenite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lileyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Mullite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Noonkanbahite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Priderite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Schüllerite  (*)Scottyite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vernadite  (*)
Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wairakite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O3542480470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335424801534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635424802060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Batiferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaTi2Fe3+8Fe2+2O1935424805
Batisite  (*)BatisiteNa2BaTi2O2(Si2O6)2354248011
Bayerite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3354248015
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O3542480310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O354248030
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O335424801797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO23542480453
Fersmanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4(Ti,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8F3354248011
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O35424806
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35424802740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)35424801188
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)354248017
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2354248027
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)3542480158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O43542480407
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4354248087
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O335424805433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4354248049
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3542480233
Lileyite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Fe2+Mg(Si2O7)2O2F235424804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O35424801508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)3542480362
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)354248078
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3542480884
Noonkanbahite  (*)BatisiteNaKBaTi2(Si4O12)O235424806
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3354248064
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33542480495
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O354248071
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)235424802273
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O16354248041
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O53542480164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835424809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O3542480177
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O103542480312
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3542480293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235424805614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3542480598
Schüllerite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Mg2(Si2O7)2O2F235424805
Scottyite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaCu2Si2O735424805
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl3542480444
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O3542480139
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3542480452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35424804899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F235424801476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO23542480458
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3542480605
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O354248065
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2354248046
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O3542480155
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O354248073
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O354248012
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4354248083
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)35424805251



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)   


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-218Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-218


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