Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Im Lochborn Copper Mine, Main-Kinzig, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 1808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Im Lochborn Copper Mine, Main-Kinzig, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°8'26"N
Longitude: 9°21'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.140555555556,9.3616666666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite	Gypsum	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Alloclasite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bieberite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*
Pharmacolite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rösslerite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Cobaltite Copper Covellite Gypsum Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite
Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	160	150	56
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	150	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	160	150	445
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	260	150	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	150	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	150	11547
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	160	150	50
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	160	150	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	160	150	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	150	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	160	150	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	4165
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	260	150	246
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	160	150	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	150	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	150	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	260	150	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	260	150	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	260	150	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	260	150	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	160	150	161
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	160	150	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	160	150	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	160	150	767
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	160	150	52
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	260	150	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	260	150	428
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	260	150	99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	150	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	260	150	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	150	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	160	150	233
Rösslerite ()*	None	Mg(AsO₃OH)·7H₂O	260	150	16
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	160	150	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	150	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	160	150	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	150	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	150	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	260	150	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	260	150	456
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	260	260	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	260	260	245

2 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
	MM66_385-00001	160	150	160-150										Co, Ni, Bi	1808	Im Lochborn Copper Mine, Main-Kinzig, Hesse, Germany	Bieber	Wagner and Lorenz (2002)	10.1180/0026461026630036	MM66_385
	sedcu-00444	260	260	Permian										Cu	1808	Im Lochborn Copper Mine, Main-Kinzig, Hesse, Germany	Bieber	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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