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Locality Name:
Niedermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 296833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niedermoschel, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Seelberg Mine

Latitude: 49°44'8"N
Longitude: 7°46'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.735555555556,7.7827777777778

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	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Breithauptite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Löllingite Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

21 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	354	248	1	61336	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	1	61336	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61336	5509
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	1	61336	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	354	248	1	61336	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61336	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	1	61336	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61336	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	1	61336	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	1	61336	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61336	1066
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	354	248	1	61336	762
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61336	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1	61336	1107
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	354	248	1	61336	633
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	354	248	1	61336	52
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61336	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61336	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	1	61336	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	1	61336	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61336	5317

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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