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Locality Name:
Neu Glück Mine, Willwerscheid, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 122205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122205.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neu Glück Mine, Willwerscheid, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°2'35"N
Longitude: 6°55'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.043055555556,6.9280555555556
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 As Ba C Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltSulphurVivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435424805516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635424801633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163542480300
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg35424805186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35424802045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35424801101


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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