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Locality Name:
Kalenborn, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 215784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kalenborn, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kasbach
Mehrberg (Meerberg)
Willscheid

Latitude: 50°36'33"N
Longitude: 7°17'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.609166666667,7.2963888888889

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCarminite
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeLinariteMalachiteNatrochalcite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedrite
TurquoiseVivianite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Duftite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Offretite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Paulingite-K  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481617952734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4354248161795246
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481617955509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2354248161795172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6354248161795132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6354248161795413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481617951633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816179627770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2354248161795178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481617954979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3542481617955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816179527198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O35424816179577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481617953531
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481617953846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248161795151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481617954165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481617952970
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)354248161795220
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161795814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816179524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481617957437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816179514640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481617951066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161795593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161795987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816179512537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3542481617951107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3542481617961508
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3542481617961236
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O354248161796146
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248161795492
Paulingite-K  (*)None(K,Ca,Na,Ba,   )10(Si,Al)42O84·34H2O3542481617967
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O354248161795428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6354248161795170
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4354248161795369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816179539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481617951725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816179561156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161795292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481617956417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816179521482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133542481617951803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3542481617951101
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O35424816179529



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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