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Locality Name:
Reich Geschiebe Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13193.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

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

Latitude: 49°35'30"N
Longitude: 7°53'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.591666666667,7.8894444444444
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 Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteDomeykiteEnargiteFluorite
LöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyrite
RocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)354248041
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235424803092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435424805516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb3542480175
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS2354248030
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35424805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35424803531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S35424801027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As354248073
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43542480910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3542480581
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S43542480249
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS43542480198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35424801066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3542480633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3542480767
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33542480733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)35424801711
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23542480317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33542480531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335424801803


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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