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Locality Name:
Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 279776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bühlskopf U Deposit

Latitude: 49°37'3"N
Longitude: 7°8'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.6175,7.1466666666667
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 Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteFluoriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NatroautuniteNickelineNonePhosphuranylitePolybasitePyriteRocksaltSchoepiteSphaleriteWurtzite
Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsenuranospathite  (*)Arsenuranylite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Curite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hallimondite  (*)Hügelite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)Kasolite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metaheinrichite  (*)Metakahlerite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Sharpite  (*)Silver  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs354248161257379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481612579052
Arsenuranospathite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(AsO4)2F·20H2O35424816125714
Arsenuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4·6H2O3542481612577
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O35424816125792
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O35424816125767
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3542481612575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816125727198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O354248161257566
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481612573846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481612574165
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O35424816125751
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O35424816125782
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816125724243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS354248161257717
Hallimondite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(AsO4)2·nH2O3542481612573
Hügelite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2O2·5H2O3542481612578
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O35424816125755
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O354248161257198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481612575674
Metaheinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O35424816125719
Metakahlerite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O35424816125718
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161257182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23542481612575800
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O35424816125713
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs354248161257633
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O354248161257144
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]354248161257249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816125739462
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)35424816125758
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2354248161257317
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)635424816125794
Sharpite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)3(CO3)4·3H2O3542481612575
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481612575186
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O35424816125756
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816125721482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23542481612572718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O35424816125794
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O35424816125751
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O354248161257185


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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