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Locality Name:
Silbersand Mine, St Johann, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silbersand Mine, St Johann, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°21'47"N
Longitude: 7°10'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.363055555556,7.1805555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Apatite	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Devilline	Diaspore	Ktenasite	Linarite
Malachite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Zinkenite

Azurite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hinsdalite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Devilline Diaspore Ktenasite Linarite
Malachite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Zinkenite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	354	248	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	354	248	175
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	354	248	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	7437
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	82
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	354	248	1066
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	354	248	33
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	354	248	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	354	248	68
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	142
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	354	248	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	354	248	293
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	354	248	228

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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