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Locality Name:
Katzwinkel, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 157982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katzwinkel, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vereinigung Mine

Latitude: 50°48'56"N
Longitude: 7°49'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.815555555556,7.8225

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineLinariteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481610593092
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481610594979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816105927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481610599895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816105924243
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161059987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816105939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816105961156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161059292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481610596417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816105921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481610595317



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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