Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Thalfang Am Erbeskopf, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 214848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thalfang Am Erbeskopf, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Etgert
Neunkirchen

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite
Devilline	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strashimirite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Theisite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*	Zincrosasite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite
Devilline Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	354	248	1	61210	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	1	61210	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61210	3250
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	354	248	1	61210	143
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61210	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61210	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61210	11547
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	354	248	1	61210	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61210	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61210	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	2	61210,61212	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	1	61210	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	354	248	1	61210	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	1	61210	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61210	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61210	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	354	248	1	61210	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61210	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61210,61212	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	354	248	1	61210	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61210	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	1	61210	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61210	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61210	12537
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	354	248	1	61210	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61210	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	2	61210,61212	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	2	61210,61212	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	354	248	1	61210	68
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61210	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	1	61210	142
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61210	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	354	248	1	61210	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	1	61210	21482
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	354	248	1	61210	90
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61210	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	354	248	1	61210	58
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	354	248	1	61210	60
Zincrosasite ()*	Malachite	(Zn,Cu)₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61210	28

1 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)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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