Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 157985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lammerichskaule Mine
Louise Mine

Latitude: 50°36'13"N
Longitude: 7°30'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.603611111111,7.5086111111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Corundum
Diaspore	Dufrénite	Geocronite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bottinoite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Corkite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Kidwellite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Millerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Pattersonite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Carminite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Corundum
Diaspore Dufrénite Geocronite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Turquoise Vivianite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	1	61076	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61076	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61076	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61076	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	354	248	1	61076	450
Bottinoite ()*	None	NiSb⁵⁺₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O	354	248	1	61076	16
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	354	248	1	61076	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61076	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61076	178
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	61076	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	1	61076	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	2	61075,61076	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	354	248	1	61076	77
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61076	151
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61076	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61076	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	1	61076	139
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	354	248	1	61075	246
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61076	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	1	61075	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	354	248	1	61076	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61076	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61076	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61076	82
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	354	248	1	61076	53
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	354	248	1	61076	581
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	354	248	1	61076	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61076	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	354	248	1	61076	770
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	354	248	2	61075,61076	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1	61076	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	61076	17380
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	354	248	1	61076	176
Pattersonite ()*	None	PbFe₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₅·H₂O	354	248	1	61076	2
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	354	248	1	61076	428
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	354	248	1	61075	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61076	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	354	248	1	61076	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1	61076	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	2	61075,61076	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	354	248	1	61076	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	354	248	1	61076	206
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	2	61075,61076	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	354	248	1	61076	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	2	61075,61076	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61076	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	354	248	1	61076	369
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	354	248	1	61075	380

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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