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

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

mindat Locality ID: 224433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rheinbreitbach, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Leopoldsegen Mine
Schmelzer Mine
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine)
Wodan Mine

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteAtacamiteBaryte
BismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCheniteClayConnelliteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDufréniteDundasiteGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachite
MelanteriteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteTurquoiseVivianiteWollastonite

79 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Faustite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goudeyite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Redgillite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481618082793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481618082734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4354248161809246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248261808,618093250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3354248261808,61809544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161808919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2354248261808,618095509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816180811547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6354248161808413
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)354248161808716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481618085516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6354248261808,618091633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261808,6180927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6354248161808359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481618084979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3542481618085707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O354248161808194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248461806,61807,61808,6181027198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)635424816180840
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O354248261808,61809295
Copper  (*)CopperCu354248261808,618093846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248161808151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481618084165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O354248261808,618092970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161808366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481618089895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O354248161808139
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)354248161808220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O35424816180897
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O35424816180985
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161808814
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O35424816180824
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O635424816180922
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248461806,61807,61808,6181024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481618087437
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O35424816180819
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O354248261808,618096890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816180814640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)635424816180882
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2354248161808201
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH354248161808367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481618081066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481618082228
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)35424816180997
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248261808,61809593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)354248161808234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161808987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO354248161809139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248261808,6180912537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO354248161809202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O354248161808915
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O354248161808129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424816180817380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O35424816180858
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248161808492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3542481618082994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O354248161808428
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161808477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248261808,61809309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4354248161808369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816180839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481618081725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816180861156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O35424816180945
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)354248261808,618091711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5354248161808206
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS35424816180822
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248261808,61809142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248261808,61809292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481618086417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481618085186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481618082473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248461806,61807,61808,6181021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481618082045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)235424816180899
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133542481618081803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3542481618081101
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O354248261808,61809636
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O35424816180995


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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