Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 282393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Traben-Trarbach
Willwerscheid

Latitude: 49°57'12"N
Longitude: 6°58'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.953333333333,6.9711111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline
Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline
Diaspore Linarite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite

32 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	1	61216	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61222	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61222	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	1	61222	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	3	61216,61220,61222	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61216,61218	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	2	61216,61218	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	3	61216,61218,61222	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	1	61222	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61222	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61222	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	354	248	1	61216	366
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	354	248	1	61222	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61216	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61222	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	3	61216,61218,61222	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61222	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	354	248	1	61215	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61222	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	2	61216,61220	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	2	61216,61222	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61218	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	354	248	1	61218	633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61216,61218	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1	61218	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	248	1	61218	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	3	61216,61218,61222	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	1	61222	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	2	61216,61218	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	1	61222	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61218	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	354	248	1	61222	1101

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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