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Locality Name:
Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 279077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Andesite Quarry

Latitude: 49°33'16"N
Longitude: 7°37'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.554444444444,7.6291666666667
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 B Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHarmotomeLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NatroliteNickelineNonePectolitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481614388803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3542481614381627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33542481614381534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63542481614382060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)354248161438161
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2354248161438238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816143811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481614385516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816143827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816143827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3542481614382600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481614381025
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)354248161438498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481614389895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481614388173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161438814
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O354248161438303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481614389617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816143824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481614387437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS354248161438717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33542481614381544
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O354248161438290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816143814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33542481614385433
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O35424816143815
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161438593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248161438581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435424816143814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816143812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481614385674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248161438397
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23542481614385800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3542481614381236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)354248161438363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23542481614381898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816143839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23542481614383106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481614389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816143861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481614385186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816143821482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3542481614384899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3542481614385251


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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