Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	Malachite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Malachite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	354	248	1	61327	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61327	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61327	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61327	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61327	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61327,61330	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	1	61327	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	3	61327,61328,61330	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	3	61327,61328,61330	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61327	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61327,61330	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61327	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61327,61330	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	3	61327,61328,61330	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	2	61327,61330	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	1	61327	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	2	61327,61330	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61330	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61327	5317

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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