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Locality Name:
Zell (Mosel), Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 24785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zell (Mosel), Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altlay
Tellig

Latitude: 50°0'24"N
Longitude: 7°15'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.006666666667,7.2625

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFeldsparMalachiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481613272793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481613278803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481613273092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481613273250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816132711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261327,6133027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481613274979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248361327,61328,6133027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248361327,61328,613309895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3542481613272740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248261327,6133024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816132712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248261327,6133039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248361327,61328,6133061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)354248261327,613306417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481613275186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248261327,6133021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133542481613301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481613275317



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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