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Locality Name:
Grüner Löwe Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13192.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grüner Löwe Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°35'30"N
Longitude: 7°52'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.591666666667,7.8802777777778
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si U Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicAutuniteBrochantite
CalciteChalcanthiteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteDevillineGypsumLöllingiteLinariteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskiteRocksaltScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteVivianite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3542480379
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)23542480172
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635424801633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3542480925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35424805707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35424803531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3542480966
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)3542480220
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3542480593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O3542480149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23542480987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl35424801107
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542480254
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33542480176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3542480492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35424802994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542480477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3542480309
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23542480317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Silver  (*)CopperAg35424805186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33542480531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO435424801655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O3542480185


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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