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Locality Name:
Puderbach, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 157986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puderbach, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Reichensteinerberg Mine
Roßbach Mine (Rossbach Mine)

Latitude: 50°36'3"N
Longitude: 7°36'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.600833333333,7.6022222222222

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: Al As Au C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCopper
CovelliteDiasporeLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMilleriteNadoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteUllmannite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nadorite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481615582734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481615585509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6354248161558413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7354248161558450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11354248161558843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33542481615581089
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6354248161558359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481615584979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816155827198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248161558151
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4354248161558175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481615584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481615582970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2354248161558144
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816155824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248261558,615597437
Gold  (*)CopperAu35424816155830554
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161558593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248261558,61559581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161558987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816155812537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O35424816155842
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481615581066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3542481615581107
Nadorite  (*)NadoritePbSb3+O2Cl35424816155818
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248161558492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O354248161558428
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2354248161558142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816155839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2354248261558,615593106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261558,6155961156
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS35424816155822
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21354248161558165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)354248261558,615596417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816155821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481615585317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS354248161558293



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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