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Locality Name:
Dreiser Weiher, Dreis, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 30142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dreiser Weiher, Dreis, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Am Weinberg

Latitude: 50°16'7"N
Longitude: 6°46'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.268611111111,6.7816666666667
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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneOlivinePyroxene
RutileScapoliteSpinelTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635424802060
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O335424801797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63542481616844135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6354248161684944
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35424802740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3542481616841188
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O43542480407
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)3542480176
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)23542480313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)235424802273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)33542480341
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235424805614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3542480598
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35424804899


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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