Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oberroßbach, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 33798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberroßbach, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Goldbach Mine
Isabella Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61814	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61815	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	2	61814,61815	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	1	61814	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61814	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61814	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61814,61815	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61814	12537
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61814	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61815	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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