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Locality Name:
Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 279708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ahrbrück
Hönningen
Kalenborn
Kesseling
Kirchsahr
Lind
Saarsegen Mine

Latitude: 50°29'49"N
Longitude: 6°56'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.496944444444,6.9352777777778

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Baryte	Berthierite	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Vivianite	Zinkenite

Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Antimony ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Metastibnite ()*	Millerite ()*
Namuwite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Plagionite ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Semseyite ()*
Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Baryte Berthierite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Diaspore Gypsum Ktenasite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Millerite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc
Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Vivianite Zinkenite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	1	60982	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	60980	445
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	354	248	1	60998	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	60980	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	60986	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	2	60980,60996	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	354	248	1	60980	343
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	354	248	1	60980	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	354	248	3	60980,60982,61004	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	2	60998,61004	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	2	60978,60982	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	60996	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	354	248	1	60980	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	10	60980,60982,60984,60986,60993,60996,60998,61000,61003,61004	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	1	60982	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	3	60980,60982,60986	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	354	248	1	60982	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	60980	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	60980	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	13	60982,60984,60986,60989,60991,60992,60993,60996,60998,61000,61001,61003,61004	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	60986	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	60980	6890
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	354	248	1	60980	111
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	354	248	1	60980	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	3	60982,60984,61004	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	60986	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	4	60982,60984,61003,61004	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	354	248	1	61004	158
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	1	60980	87
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	354	248	3	60982,60998,61003	1066
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	354	248	1	60982	58
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	354	248	1	60986	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	354	248	1	60982	767
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	354	248	2	60980,61004	100
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	354	248	4	60982,60998,61003,61004	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	6	60980,60982,60984,60998,61003,61004	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	248	4	60982,60984,60998,61004	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	10	60980,60982,60984,60986,60993,60996,60998,61001,61003,61004	61156
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	1	60982	142
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	354	248	2	60980,61004	165
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	354	248	1	61004	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	7	60980,60982,60984,60991,60998,61000,61004	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	7	60980,60982,60984,60995,60998,61003,61004	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	354	248	1	60980	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	2	60980,61004	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	60980	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	5	60982,60984,60998,61003,61004	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	354	248	4	60982,60984,60998,61004	293
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	354	248	1	60980	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	354	248	2	60980,61004	228

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
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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