Mineral Evolution Database
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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Maria Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 326
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 225221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maria Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 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

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0070Mindat locality mineral list includes both the minerals found in the coal mine and the anthropogenic minerals from the burning coal dumps. 'Age to other Locs' are localities listed in EG35_164 attached to the Upper Carboniferous time.


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
Michelle_0070326299Upper Carboniferous Age of coal deposit   YesMuscovite, Quartz 13825Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAnna MineHarris and Matzat (1959)10.2307/142398EG35_164Age of coal deposits in region. Anna, Maria, Gouley and Laurweg mines mentioned by name.


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