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Locality Name:
Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Essweiler
Herrmannsberg
Königsberg
Kreimbach-Kaulbach

Latitude: 49°33'55"N
Longitude: 7°36'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.565277777778,7.6022222222222
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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApophylliteAutuniteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetGypsumHarmotomeKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMolybdeniteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePhosphuranylitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyrochlorePyroxene
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVivianite
WurtziteZircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)
Babingtonite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Heinrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481614388803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3542481614381627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23542481614352162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33542481614381534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63542481614382060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)354248161438161
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2354248161438238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248861427,61430,61431,61432,61434,61435,61436,6143811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481614385516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816143827770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl35424816143491
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261435,6143827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl354248261434,614361382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS354248861427,61430,61431,61432,61434,61435,61436,614382600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481614381025
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl235424816143516
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481614354165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2354248161435453
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)354248161438498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481614389895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481614388173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161438814
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O354248161438303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481614389617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248361434,61436,6143824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248261435,614387437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS354248161438717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33542481614381544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481614336890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O354248161438290
Heinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O35424816143318
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248461430,61432,61435,6143814640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16354248161433243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33542481614385433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI354248161433180
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O35424816143815
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248261434,614365591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161438593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248261435,61438581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435424816143814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816143812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354248561431,61432,61434,61436,614385674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O354248261434,61436915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248261434,61438397
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O354248161435443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161435182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23542481614385800
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg335424816143324
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3542481614381236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3542481614352994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)354248161438363
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O354248161435182
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23542481614381898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248761427,61431,61432,61434,61435,61436,6143839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2354248361434,61436,614383106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481614389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248561430,61433,61434,61436,6143861156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10354248161435312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481614326417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481614385186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248261435,6143821482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)354248161435446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33542481614333418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13354248361432,61433,614355317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3542481614384899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3542481614331059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23542481614352718
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O354248161433185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3542481614385251


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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