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Locality Name:
Bertha Shaft, Neue Hoffnung Mine, Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 13181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bertha Shaft, Neue Hoffnung Mine, Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°14'38"N
Longitude: 6°18'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.243888888889,6.3080555555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachite
MiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Drugmanite  (*)Elyite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S35421702793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35421702734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235421703092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35421703250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62892170919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)228921705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354217011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73542170450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)628921701633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62892170359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35421704979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2892170925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S28921705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2289217027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu28921703846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)63542170151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS28921704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O28921702970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542170651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S28921701027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235421709895
Drugmanite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)235421704
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O289217085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354217024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35421707437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35421706890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)23542170201
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635421702228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435421705591
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)354217097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2892170593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)23542170265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22892170987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2289217012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO3542170202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl35421701107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O43542170247
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542170477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2892170309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354217039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35421701725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354217061156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2892170292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35421706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354217021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35421702045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO28921701101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1328921705317


3 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)   
Cu-00011275235255U-Th-Pb    Yes Cu233856Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00012289217253U-Pb    Yes Cu233856Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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