Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 281822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirchen, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alexander Mine
Freusburg

Latitude: 50°49'56"N
Longitude: 7°52'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.832222222222,7.8797222222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Vivianite	hauchecornite

Alloclasite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hauchecornite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 Bi C Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Löllingite Marcasite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Vivianite hauchecornite

20 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
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	354	248	1	61063	56
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	2	61065,61066	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	354	248	1	61065	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	354	248	1	61067	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	1	61067	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	2	61065,61066	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61063	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61065,61066	24243
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	354	248	1	61065	27
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61063	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	354	248	1	61065	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61067	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	2	61063,61067	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	354	248	1	61067	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	4	61063,61065,61066,61067	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	354	248	1	61065	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	3	61065,61066,61067	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61065	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61067	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	354	248	2	61065,61066	293

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

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...