Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slag Dumps, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 240513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slag Dumps, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aragonite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Connellite	Copper	Devilline	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Vivianite	Wollastonite

Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Elyite ()*
Ferrobustamite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Litharge ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Redgillite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Connellite Copper Devilline Gypsum Ktenasite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Vivianite Wollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	354	248	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	354	248	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	354	248	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	354	248	85
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	354	248	22
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	6890
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	354	248	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	593
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	354	248	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	354	248	202
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	354	248	309
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	354	248	45
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	354	248	1711
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	354	248	292
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	636
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	95

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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