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Locality Name:
Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 34250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°20'28"N
Longitude: 7°53'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.341111111111,7.8913888888889

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMalachite
MilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite
Ullmannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
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)237231303092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)37231303250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)237231305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)372313011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S337231301935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS337231301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)372313027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)37231304979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2372313027198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43723130651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)237231309895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS372313024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu372313030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2372313012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS37231301066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3723130633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3723130767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2372313039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl37231301725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S837231309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2372313061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)37231306417
Silver  (*)CopperAg37231305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS372313021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1337231305317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3723130293



3 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)   
Ni-00003372352362U-Th-Pb      Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Ni-00004367313340U-Pb      Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 


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