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Locality Name:
Traben-Trarbach, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 244995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Traben-Trarbach, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Enkirch
Gondenau Mine
Kautenbach
Riveris

Latitude: 49°51'51"N
Longitude: 7°0'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.864166666667,7.0144444444444

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: As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481612162734
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6354248261216,612201633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261216,6121827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)354248261216,612184979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261216,6121827198
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161216366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481612169895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248261216,6121824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu35424816121530554
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248261216,61220987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816121612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481612185674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs354248161218633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248261216,6121839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481612181725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481612189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261216,6121861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248261216,6121821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133542481612181803



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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