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

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

mindat Locality ID: 279419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279419.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Daimbacher Hof

Latitude: 49°45'0"N
Longitude: 7°56'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.75,7.9352777777778
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 As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Perroudite  (*)
Poyarkovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)23542481613593092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481613599052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481613595509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816135911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816135927770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl35424816135991
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816135927198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3542481613592600
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)35424816135936
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481613599617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816135924243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481613595674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248161359397
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg335424816135924
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl235424816135923
Poyarkovite  (*)NoneHg3OCl3542481613595
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816135939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816135961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816135921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481613595317


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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