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Locality Name:
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1871.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Slag Dumps

Latitude: 50°37'4"N
Longitude: 7°14'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.617777777778,7.2491666666667
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteAtacamiteBaryte
BismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCheniteClayConnelliteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDufréniteDundasiteGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachite
MelanteriteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteTurquoiseVivianiteWollastonite

79 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Faustite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goudeyite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Redgillite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S35424802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35424802734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4354248161809246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481618093250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3354248161809544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63542480919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481618095509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63542480413
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3542480716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435424805516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481618091633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816180927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)63542480359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35424805707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O3542480194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)6354248040
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O354248161809295
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481618093846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)63542480151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481618092970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O3542480139
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)3542480220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O354248097
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O35424816180985
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O354248024
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O635424816180922
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O354248019
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481618096890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248082
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)23542480201
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH3542480367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635424801066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)35424816180997
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161809593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)3542480234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23542480987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO354248161809139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816180912537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO354248161809202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3542480915
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O3542480129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248017380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O354248058
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3542480492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35424802994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3542480428
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542480477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248161809309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)43542480369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35424801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O35424816180945
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3542481618091711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)53542480206
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS354248022
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161809142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161809292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Silver  (*)CopperAg35424805186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)35424802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35424802045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354248099
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335424801803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35424801101
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O354248161809636
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O35424816180995


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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