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Locality Name:
Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 304658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hermeskeil
Kell Am See

Latitude: 49°38'36"N
Longitude: 6°42'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.643333333333,6.7072222222222
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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteKtenasiteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kemmlitzite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481616733092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816167311547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261668,6167027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248261668,6167024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481616687437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6354248161673121
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4354248161673350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816167314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542481616735591
Kemmlitzite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63542481616737
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161670987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816167012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)354248161673770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481616685674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816166839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261668,6167361156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O35424816167068
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161670142
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816166821482


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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