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Locality Name:
Etgert, Thalfang Am Erbeskopf, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 280688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Etgert, Thalfang Am Erbeskopf, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Caroline-Auguste Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovellite
DevillineKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O354248161210470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481612102734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481612103250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O354248161210143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161210919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481612105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816121011547
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)435424816121079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481612101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816121027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481612104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816121027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481612103531
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481612103846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481612104165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481612102970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161210366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481612109895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816121024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3542481612101689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481612101066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161210593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161210987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816121012537
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248161210309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816121039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481612101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816121061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O35424816121068
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2354248161210454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161210142
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481612106417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481612102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816121021482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O35424816121090
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481612105317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1435424816121058
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)35424816121060
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)235424816121028



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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