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Locality Name:
Kirchen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 305379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirchen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brachbach
Niederfischbach

Latitude: 50°49'28"N
Longitude: 7°56'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.824444444444,7.9377777777778
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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteAnthonyiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrackebuschite
BrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDufréniteGypsumKaoliniteKoritnigiteKtenasiteLöllingite
LepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinel
SulphurTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

95 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Calumetite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gladite  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nisbite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Penroseite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tsumebite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S354248261119,611202793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3354248161119315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)354248361119,61120,611242734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2354248261120,611223092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248261119,61120445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248361105,61120,611243250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS354248361119,61120,611249052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248261120,61124919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2354248261105,611205509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6354248161119413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4354248361105,61119,611205516
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O35424816111916
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11354248161119843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3354248361119,61120,611241089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb354248161120175
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)435424816112479
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6354248361105,61120,611241633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248361119,61120,6112227770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6354248361119,61120,61124359
Calumetite  (*)AnthonyiteCaCu4(OH)8Cl2·3.5H2O35424816112011
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)354248361119,61120,611244979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O354248161120925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O354248261105,6111491
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S354248261105,611195707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O354248161105194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248561105,61119,61120,61122,6112427198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS354248161105966
Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteCo(AsO3OH)·H2O35424816112032
Copper  (*)CopperCu354248361105,61119,611203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS354248461105,61119,61120,611244165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3354248161120802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O354248461105,61119,61120,611242970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2354248261105,61124144
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161124651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248261120,611249895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O354248161116139
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248361105,61119,61120814
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12354248161120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248461119,61120,61122,6112424243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S935424816112067
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS354248161120131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248461105,61119,61120,611247437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O354248261105,611206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261104,6110514640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161120103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6354248361119,61120,611241066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248461105,61119,61120,61124593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354248261119,61124265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248361105,61119,61120581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248361119,61120,61124987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO354248161120139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248461105,61119,61120,6112412537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481611201066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl354248261120,611241107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248261105,6112017380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O35424816112058
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs354248161120633
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb235424816112020
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248161120492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS354248161120767
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se235424816112014
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O354248161119105
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161120477
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4354248161120131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248361105,61120,61124309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3354248161120733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33542481611201425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248361105,61119,6112039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2354248261105,611193106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl354248361119,61120,611241725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS335424816112084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248561105,61116,61119,61120,6112461156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O354248361119,61120,6112468
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)354248261104,611051711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5354248161116206
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2354248261120,61124454
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2354248161120317
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248361119,61120,61124142
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21354248161119165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)354248761104,61105,61116,61119,61120,61122,611246417
Silver  (*)CopperAg354248261120,611245186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3354248161119531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481611192473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O354248161120105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248461119,61120,61122,6112421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4354248161120586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)354248161120446
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS354248361119,61120,611242045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)235424816112499
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13354248461105,61119,61120,611245317
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)35424816112032
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS354248361119,61120,61124293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3354248261119,61120369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O354248161120636
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO35424816112098


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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