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

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

mindat Locality ID: 296612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Willwerscheid, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Neu Glück Mine

Latitude: 50°2'34"N
Longitude: 6°55'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.042777777778,6.9280555555556
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: Ag As Ba C Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltSulphurVivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
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)23542481612225509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816122211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481612225516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481612221633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816122227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481612223846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481612224165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481612222970
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16354248161222300
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161222814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816122224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481612227437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816122214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816122212537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816122261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481612225186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481612222045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3542481612221101


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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