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

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

mindat Locality ID: 236743
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236743.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Föckelberg
Jettenbach
Potzberg
Rammelsbach

Latitude: 49°32'9"N
Longitude: 7°29'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.535833333333,7.4983333333333
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 Co Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHarmotome
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteVivianiteZircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481614228803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2354248261420,614252162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481614233092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481614255509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248361422,61423,6142511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481614255516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2354248161420700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248361422,61423,6142527770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl35424816142391
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481614254979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248361422,61423,6142527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481614253531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS354248361422,61423,614252600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83542481614251756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33542481614251797
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161425651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3542481614251027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16354248161425300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248261423,614259895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481614228173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161425814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3542481614252740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481614229617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248361422,61423,6142524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248361422,61423,614257437
Graphite  (*)NoneC3542481614252812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33542481614251544
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O354248161422290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261422,6142514640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3542481614221271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816142512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354248361422,61423,614255674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248161423397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS354248161423255
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)354248161425362
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)354248161422363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23542481614221898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248361422,61423,6142539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248361422,61423,6142561156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481614225186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816142221482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3542481614225251


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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