Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roßwald Mine, Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 15192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roßwald Mine, Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°40'28"N
Longitude: 7°46'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.674444444444,7.7783333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Copper	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dickite ()*
Galena ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Nacrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

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 Ba C Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Copper Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	11547
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	24243
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	354	248	409
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	354	248	397
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	5186

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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