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Locality Name:
Dannenfels, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 277239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dannenfels, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mannbühl Quarry (Giro Quarry)

Latitude: 49°38'43"N
Longitude: 7°56'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.645277777778,7.9427777777778

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGypsum
HarmotomeKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSulphurVivianiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481613552793
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481613553250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481613555509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816135511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481613555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816135527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3542481613551252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816135527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481613553846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481613552970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481613559895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161355814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816135524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481613557437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481613556890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O354248161355290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816135514640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161355987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816135512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)354248161355770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481613555674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3542481613551508
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161355112
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816135539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816135561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481613556417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481613555186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816135521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481613552045
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43542481613551655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3542481613555251



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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