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Locality Name:
Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 27378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hintersteinerhof
Katzenbach
Stahlberg

Latitude: 49°38'44"N
Longitude: 7°49'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.645555555556,7.8188888888889
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 Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
ConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeHalotrichiteHarmotomeKaoliniteKtenasiteLöllingite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Capgaronnite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Connellite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Perroudite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Shakhovite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481613692793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3542481613691588
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4354248161372246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481613663250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481613759052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2354248361366,61371,613755509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248761366,61368,61369,61371,61374,61375,6137611547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7354248161368450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33542481613691089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2354248161369700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248361366,61369,6137127770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl35424816137291
Capgaronnite  (*)NoneAgHgClS354248261372,6137611
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261366,6136927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2354248161369162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS354248961368,61370,61371,61372,61373,61374,61375,61376,613772600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O354248161372295
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481613694165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481613722970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161375651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481613669895
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)35424816137236
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161366814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248361366,61368,6137524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248261366,613697437
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O354248261371,61375409
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O354248161366290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248361366,61369,6137214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542481613755591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161372593
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4354248161369249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248261366,6137512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354248261366,613755674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O354248161369915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248561368,61371,61372,61375,61377397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS354248161369255
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg335424816137224
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161375112
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS354248161369767
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2354248261372,6137623
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17354248161368100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248661366,61368,61369,61371,61375,6137639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248661366,61369,61371,61372,61374,6137561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2354248161369233
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2354248161372454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161372142
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)33542481613728
Silver  (*)CopperAg354248561371,61372,61373,61375,613775186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816136621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3354248261368,613693418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481613692045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481613695317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe35424816136983


2 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)   
Hg-00060354248 ?-?     CapgaronniteHg15198Frischer Mut Mine (Frischemuth Mine), Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   

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