Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caroline-Auguste Mine, Etgert, Thalfang Am Erbeskopf, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 214849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caroline-Auguste Mine, Etgert, Thalfang Am Erbeskopf, Bernkastel-Wittlich, 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

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

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