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Locality Name:
Hohe Buche, Königsberg, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 14810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hohe Buche, Königsberg, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°34'35"N
Longitude: 7°34'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.576388888889,7.5755555555556
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: As Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O P S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O P S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDiasporeFluoriteLepidocrociteNone
Not in a structural groupPhosphuranylitePyritePyrochloreSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Corderoite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Opal  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO235424802162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35424802600
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2354248016
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO23542480453
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3542480581
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3542480443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480182
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35424802994
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O3542480182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O103542480312
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)3542480446
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO235424802718


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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