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Locality Name:
Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Katzwinkel
Kausen
Kirchen
Rote Mühle Mine
Schutzbach
Steinebach

Latitude: 50°46'25"N
Longitude: 7°52'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.773611111111,7.8666666666667
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteArthuriteBaryte
BismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteChlorite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEnargite
EpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteLöllingiteLapieiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MedenbachiteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePhosphosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRoseliteRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianiteWurtzitehauchecornite

107 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Arthurite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Euchroite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)
Hauchecornite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kolbeckite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lapieite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Ludjibaite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Morenosite  (*)
Mückeite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parkerite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reichenbachite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Roselite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481610702793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3354248161070315
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS354248261063,6107156
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161061966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23542481610712162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481610702734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2354248261059,610703092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161070445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481610613250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS354248361065,61066,610709052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O35424816106135
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161070919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2354248261061,610705509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3354248161070214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi354248261070,610731966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3354248361061,61065,610701935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)354248161070716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4354248361061,61070,610735516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11354248161067843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33542481610671089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6354248261061,610701633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O354248161061280
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6354248161070359
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4354248361070,61071,61073154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481610594979
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O35424816106191
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S354248261070,610735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248761059,61061,61065,61066,61070,61071,6107327198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)235424816106190
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481610613531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O35424816106170
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83542481610611756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS354248161070966
Copper  (*)CopperCu354248361061,61070,610733846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4354248161061109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4354248161061175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS354248261061,610704165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16354248161061599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O354248361061,61070,610732970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2435424816107043
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2354248261061,61070144
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O35424816106141
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161070366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3542481610711027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248261059,610709895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2354248161070246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4354248161070910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248261063,61070814
Euchroite  (*)NoneCu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O35424816107024
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248461059,61065,61066,6107024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS354248161071131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248261061,610707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu354248261070,6107330554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O354248161070188
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435424816106152
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS8354248261065,6107027
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248361061,61070,6107314640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481610701066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481610612228
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O35424816107126
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248261061,61070593
Lapieite  (*)LapieiteCuNiSbS33542481610702
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248361061,61070,61073581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248261059,61070987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4354248161070249
Ludjibaite  (*)MedenbachiteCu5(PO4)2(OH)435424816106112
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248561058,61061,61068,61070,6107312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354248361061,61063,610705674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS354248261065,610701066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O35424816107084
Mückeite  (*)LapieiteCuNiBiS33542481610701
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424816106117380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3354248161070176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248161061492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS354248161070767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S235424816107055
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O354248161070105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O354248161061428
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4354248261061,61070131
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4354248161061369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248661059,61061,61067,61070,61071,6107339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2354248261070,610733106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481610709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248661059,61061,61063,61067,61070,6107361156
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)435424816106126
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)354248261070,610731711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2354248161070454
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O35424816107023
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161070142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3542481610611153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21354248161067165
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161059292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)354248961059,61061,61063,61065,61066,61067,61070,61071,610736417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4354248261065,61070249
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481610705186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3354248261061,61070531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481610702473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248561059,61065,61066,61067,6107021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)354248161070446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33542481610703418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481610702045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13354248261065,610701803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3542481610701101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13354248361059,61067,610705317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS354248361065,61066,61070293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3354248161070369
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3354248261070,61071297


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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