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Locality Name:
Saarsegen Mine, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 205226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saarsegen Mine, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteZinkenite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113542480843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335424801089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S243542480158
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S173542480100
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S43542480131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835424809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S213542480165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O33542480179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335424803418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3542480293
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S423542480228


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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