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Locality Name:
St Johann, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 282791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Johann, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silbersand Mine

Latitude: 50°21'46"N
Longitude: 7°10'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.362777777778,7.1805555555556

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineDiasporeKtenasiteLinarite
MalachiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteZinkenite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
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)23542481615105509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11354248161510843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33542481615101089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb354248161510175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481615101633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816151027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481615102970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161510366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816151024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481615107437
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)635424816151082
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161510987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816151012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481615101066
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O735424816151033
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17354248161510100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816151039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481615101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816151061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O35424816151068
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161510142
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21354248161510165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481615106417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816151021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33542481615103418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481615105317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS354248161510293
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42354248161510228



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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