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Locality Name:
Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 29118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bitzen
Bruchertseifen
Eichelhardt
Hamm
Niederhövels
Schönstein (Steckenstein)
Voßwinkel

Latitude: 50°46'29"N
Longitude: 7°46'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.774722222222,7.7694444444444

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Epsomite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Vivianite	hauchecornite

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 Au Ba Bi 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:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Epsomite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Vivianite hauchecornite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bieberite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hauchecornite ()*	Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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	61143	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	354	248	5	61132,61137,61141,61143,61145	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	2	61141,61145	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61141	11547
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	354	248	1	61141	50
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	354	248	1	61143	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	354	248	2	61143,61145	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	354	248	1	61143	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	2	61143,61145	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	354	248	2	61137,61143	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	1	61137	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	5	61132,61137,61141,61143,61145	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	354	248	1	61145	154
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	1	61143	4979
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	354	248	1	61143	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	248	2	61143,61145	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	6	61132,61137,61139,61141,61143,61145	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	354	248	1	61145	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	2	61143,61145	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	354	248	1	61143	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61143	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2	61143,61145	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	2	61132,61141	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61143	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	5	61132,61137,61141,61143,61145	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	354	248	2	61143,61145	30554
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	354	248	1	61143	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61145	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61143	987
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	354	248	1	61143	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	3	61139,61143,61145	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61141	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	354	248	3	61137,61143,61145	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	354	248	1	61143	84
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	354	248	3	61137,61143,61145	767
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	354	248	1	61145	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	5	61132,61137,61141,61143,61145	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	354	248	1	61143	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1	61143	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	6	61132,61137,61139,61141,61143,61145	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	354	248	1	61139	1711
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	354	248	1	61143	57
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	354	248	1	61137	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6	61132,61137,61139,61141,61143,61145	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	354	248	3	61137,61141,61143	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	4	61137,61141,61143,61145	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	2	61137,61143	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	1	61143	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61137	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	354	248	4	61137,61141,61143,61145	293
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	354	248	1	61145	297

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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