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Locality Name:
Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 204109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kirchdaun
Rolandswerth
Sinzig
Unkelbach

Latitude: 50°34'53"N
Longitude: 7°12'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.581388888889,7.2027777777778

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparGypsumNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Titanite  (*)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)354248261047,610548803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248261049,610543250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261049,6105327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816105427198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3354248261053,610541797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6354248161047944
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3542481610532740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)354248361047,61049,610531188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481610536890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3354248261047,610535433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248261047,6105414899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3542481610531508
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O354248261049,610531236
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248261053,6105439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8354248261049,610539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816105461156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248161049598
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5354248261053,610541516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3542481610534899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)354248261047,610545251



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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