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Locality Name:
Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 233955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hirschhorn
Niederkirchen
Olsbrücken

Latitude: 49°32'45"N
Longitude: 7°40'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.545833333333,7.6769444444444
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumKaoliniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnite
PumpellyiteQuartzRocksaltSpinelZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dreyerite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481614088803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O354248261408,614091627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816140511547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3354248161405214
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261408,6140927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3542481614051184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261408,6140927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3542481614051382
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)354248261408,61409498
Dreyerite  (*)ZirconBi(VO4)3542481614054
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481614088173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O354248161408303
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481614057437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O354248261408,614096890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816140514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33542481614095433
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O35424816140815
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542481614055591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3542481614081271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435424816140914899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O354248261408,614091236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)354248261408,61409363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248361407,61408,614091898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O354248161408106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248361405,61409,6141061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481614055186


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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