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Locality Name:
Dümpelfeld, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 245285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dümpelfeld, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lückenbach

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

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineDiaspore
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedriteUllmannite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Langite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481609622734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481609623250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816096211547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33542481609621089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481609621633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816096227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481609624979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816096227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481609623846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481609622970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248160962366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481609629895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816096224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481609627437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248160962593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354248160962265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248160962987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816096212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481609625674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481609621066
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS354248160962767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816096239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481609621725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816096261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481609626417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816096221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481609622045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481609625317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS354248160962293
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O35424816096295



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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