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Locality Name:
Schmittenzug Mine, Lemberg, Niederhausen, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 235771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schmittenzug Mine, Lemberg, Niederhausen, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Karlsglück Adit
Schmitten Adit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite
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 Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Covellite Digenite Fluorite None Pyrite Rocksalt Tetrahedrite
Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coffinite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Mercury ()*	Pyrite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61180	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61180	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	2	61179,61180	2600
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	354	248	1	61179	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61179	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	248	1	61179	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	1	61179	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61180	14640
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	354	248	1	61180	397
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61179,61180	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61180	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61179	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	354	248	1	61179	2718

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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