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Locality Name:
Ruschberg, Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 280761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280761.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clarashall Mine

Latitude: 49°37'18"N
Longitude: 7°18'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.621666666667,7.3013888888889
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 Cu Fe H Hg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutile
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481612525509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816125211547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816125227198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3542481612522600
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481612522970
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816125214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542481612525591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816125212537
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23542481612523106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816125261156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10354248161252312
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133542481612521803


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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