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Locality Name:
Niederhövels, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 276178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niederhövels, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eupel Mine (incl. Glücksstern Mine; Rasselskaute Mine)

Latitude: 50°47'26"N
Longitude: 7°46'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.790555555556,7.7816666666667
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 Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteMarcasiteMelanteriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelUllmannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bieberite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481611413092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481611419052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816114111547
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O35424816114150
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816114127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816114127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481611419895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816114124243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481611415674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816114139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816114161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481611416417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4354248161141249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816114121482
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS354248161141293


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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