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Locality Name:
Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 233856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Neue Hoffnung Mine

Latitude: 50°14'27"N
Longitude: 6°18'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.240833333333,6.3027777777778
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphur
Tetrahedrite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Drugmanite  (*)Elyite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542171613082793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542171613082734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542171613083092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542171613083250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6289217161308919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22892171613085509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35421716130811547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7354217161308450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62892171613081633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6289217161308359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542171613084979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O289217161308925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2892171613085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228921716130827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2892171613083846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354217161308151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2892171613084165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2892171613082970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354217161308651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2892171613081027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542171613089895
Drugmanite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)23542171613084
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O28921716130885
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35421716130824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542171613087437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542171613086890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2354217161308201
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542171613082228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542171613085591
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)35421716130897
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O289217161308593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354217161308265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2289217161308987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)228921716130812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS228921705674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO354217161308202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3542171613081107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4354217261308,61309247
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354217161308477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O289217161308309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235421716130839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542171613081725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235421716130861156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O289217161308292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542171613086417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35421716130821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542171613082045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2892171613081101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132892171613085317


3 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)   
Cu-00011275235255U-Th-Pb      Cu233856Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00012289217253U-Pb      Cu233856Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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