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Locality Name:
Malscheid (Mahlscheid; Mahlscheiderkopf; Mahlscheider Kopf), Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 236494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malscheid (Mahlscheid; Mahlscheiderkopf; Mahlscheider Kopf), Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alte Malscheid Mine
Basalt Quarry

Latitude: 50°46'7"N
Longitude: 7°58'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.768611111111,7.9747222222222

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteCopperCovellite
GmeliniteHarmotomeLinariteMalachiteMilleriteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSulphur

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gmelinite-Ca  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3542481610931627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481610922734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481610933250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481610925509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481610921633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816109327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481610924979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O354248161093310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3542481610925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816109227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481610923846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481610924165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481610922970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816109224243
Gmelinite-Ca  (*)GmeliniteCa2(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O35424816109320
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161092593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161092987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816109212537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481610921066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3542481610921107
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3542481610931236
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O35424816109371
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816109239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481610921725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261092,6109361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481610926417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481610922045



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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