Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Reichweiler, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 233963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reichweiler, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Karrenberg Quarry

Latitude: 49°32'45"N
Longitude: 7°17'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.545833333333,7.2880555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Quartz	Zircon

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hisingerite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica None Quartz Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61442	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61442	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61442	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	61442	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	1	61442	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61442	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	1	61442	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61442	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	354	248	1	61442	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61442	14640
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	354	248	1	61442	144
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	354	248	1	61442	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61442	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61442	6417
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61442	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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