Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Giesenheld Summit, Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.317

mindat Locality ID: 276856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giesenheld Summit, Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°15'35"N
Longitude: 6°40'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.259722222222,6.6683333333333

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000566MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000567MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000568MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.


4 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)   
Jen_00005660.50.50.5K-Ar    Yes  105701Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyAuf DickelWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005670.3970.3170.357±0.04K-Ar    Yes  105701Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyAuf DickelWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005680.6610.6010.631±0.03K-Ar    Yes  105701Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyAuf DickelWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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