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Locality Name:
Neumühle, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 608
Youngest recorded age at locality: 346

mindat Locality ID: 166608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-166608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neumühle, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kuhberg Quarry
Lehnamühle Quarry

Latitude: 50°42'20"N
Longitude: 12°10'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.705555555556,12.168888888889
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayCopperCovelliteFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteSymplesiteTetrahedriteZinkeniteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)6083461636272734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)6083461636273250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6083461636279052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)60834616362711547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7608346163627450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11608346163627843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS36083461636271089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)66083461636271633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)608346263627,6362827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)6083461636274979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2608346263627,6362827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8608346163627577
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS6083461636272600
Copper  (*)CopperCu6083461636273846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6083461636274165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6083461636272970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26083461636279895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26083461636279617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS60834616362724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu60834616362730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6083461636276890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14608346163627784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66083461636272228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)46083461636275591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O608346163627593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2608346163627987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)260834616362712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS26083461636275674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S360834616362787
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS26083461636275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)260834616362717380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O608346163627428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O608346163627309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS260834616362739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl6083461636271725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2608346263627,6362861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO26083461636275614
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21608346163627165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3608346163627179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6083461636276417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS60834616362721482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)608346163627446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S36083461636273418
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O60834616362792
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136083461636275317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3608346163627369
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO46083461636271655
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42608346163627228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)6083461636275251


2 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
Mo-00497376346361U-Th-Pb      Mo, Cu166608Neumühle, Greiz, Thuringia, GermanyNeumühleBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Mo-00498608520564U-Pb      Mo, Cu166608Neumühle, Greiz, Thuringia, GermanyNeumühleBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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