Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Monzelfeld, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 262714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monzelfeld, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Annenberg
Katzenpfad Mine
Wellersbachtal

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Vivianite

20 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	61197	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	1	61197	2734
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61197	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	2	61197,61198	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	2	61197,61201	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	1	61201	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	354	248	1	61197	227
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61201	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61201	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61201	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61197,61198	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61197	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	2	61197,61201	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61201	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61197	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	2	61197,61198	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	3	61197,61198,61201	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	1	61197	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	2	61197,61201	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	1	61197	2045

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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