Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kausen, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 279960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kausen, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Käusersteimel Mine

Latitude: 50°44'24"N
Longitude: 7°53'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.74,7.8916666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arthurite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Medenbachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite
Quartz	Skutterudite	Spinel	Stibnite

Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arthurite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Delvauxite ()*	Goethite ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Ludjibaite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reichenbachite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*

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: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P S Si Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Aragonite Arthurite Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Medenbachite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite
Quartz Skutterudite Spinel Stibnite

42 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61061	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61061	3250
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	1	61061	35
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61061	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	354	248	1	61061	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	1	61061	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61061	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	354	248	1	61061	280
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	354	248	1	61061	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	1	61061	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61061	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	354	248	1	61061	3531
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61061	70
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	354	248	1	61061	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	1	61061	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	354	248	1	61061	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	354	248	1	61061	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61061	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	354	248	1	61061	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61061	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	354	248	1	61061	144
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	354	248	1	61061	41
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61061	7437
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61061	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61061	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61061	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	1	61061	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	354	248	1	61061	581
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	354	248	1	61061	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61061	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61061	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	61061	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	354	248	1	61061	492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	354	248	1	61061	428
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	354	248	1	61061	131
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	354	248	1	61061	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61061	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61061	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	354	248	1	61061	26
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61061	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61061	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	354	248	1	61061	531

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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