Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vertrauen Zu Gott Mine, Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vertrauen Zu Gott Mine, Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°43'37"N
Longitude: 7°47'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.726944444444,7.785

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.

Acanthite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calomel ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Eglestonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Moschellandsbergite ()*
Paraschachnerite ()*	Schachnerite ()*	Silver ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	354	248	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	354	248	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	354	248	91
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	2600
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	354	248	36
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	354	248	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	354	248	255
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃	354	248	24
Paraschachnerite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg₂	354	248	11
Schachnerite ()*	None	Ag_1.1Hg_0.9	354	248	14
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	5186

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
	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)
	Hg-00015	354	248		?-?						Yes		Belendorffite, Calomel, Cinnabar, Kleinite, Kuzminite, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschelite, Moschellandsbergite, Paraschachnerite, Schachnerite, Shakhovite, Terlinguaite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite, Coccinite	Hg	1834	Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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