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Locality Name:
Andesite Quarry, Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 14808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14808.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andesite Quarry, Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°33'17"N
Longitude: 7°37'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.554722222222,7.6291666666667
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 B Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHarmotomeLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NatroliteNickelineNonePectolitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35424808803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O35424801627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335424801534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635424802060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)3542480161
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO23542480238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435424805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35424802600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35424801025
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)3542480498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35424808173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O3542480303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3542480717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)335424801544
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O3542480290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O335424805433
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O354248015
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3542480593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3542480581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg3542480397
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235424805800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O35424801236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3542480363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424801898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO235424803106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835424809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg35424805186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35424804899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)35424805251


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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