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Locality Name:
Breimehl Mine, Brachbach, Kirchen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 31846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31846.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Breimehl Mine, Brachbach, Kirchen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°48'21"N
Longitude: 7°58'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.805833333333,7.9791666666667

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.

Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	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: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mn O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mn O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Tetrahedrite Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	354	248	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	248	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	354	248	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	354	248	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	354	248	144
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	354	248	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	17380
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	354	248	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	354	248	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	354	248	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	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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