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Locality Name:
Dreis, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 146100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dreis, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dreiser Weiher

Latitude: 50°16'7"N
Longitude: 6°46'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.268611111111,6.7813888888889
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: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneOlivinePyroxene
RutileScapoliteSpinelTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63542481616832060
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33542481616831797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6354248261683,616844135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6354248261683,61684944
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3542481616832740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)354248261683,616841188
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4354248161683407
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435424816168314899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)354248161683176
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2354248161683313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23542481616832273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3354248161683341
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23542481616835614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248161683598
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3542481616834899


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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