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Locality Name:
Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 304644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Annweiler Am Trifels
Bad Bergzabern

Latitude: 49°8'50"N
Longitude: 7°59'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.147222222222,7.9894444444444
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 Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteBismutiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFluoriteLöllingiteMalachiteNoneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteVivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481616372793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248261634,6163711547
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)354248161637716
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2354248161634700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261634,6163727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816163727198
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs235424816163721
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481616373846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248361634,61635,616379895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481616378173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161637814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481616379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816163724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481616407437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261634,6163714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816163712537
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23542481616403106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248361634,61635,6163761156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2354248161637317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481616376417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481616375186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816163721482
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O354248161637628


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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