Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Griesberg, Kommern, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 166

mindat Locality ID: 278701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Griesberg, Kommern, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gottessegen Open Pit

Latitude: 50°36'5"N
Longitude: 6°38'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.601388888889,6.6427777777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Cerussite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	174	166	1	60320	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	174	166	1	60320	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	174	166	1	60320	172
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	174	166	1	60320	132
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	166	1	60320	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	174	166	1	60320	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	166	1	60320	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	174	166	1	60320	1107
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	174	166	1	60320	1655

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
	sedznpb-00207	174	166	170±4 (Rb-Sr, sph)	Rb-Sr			sphalerite			Yes	Sphalerite			17614	Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Mechernich	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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