Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
St Goarshausen, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 34409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Goarshausen, Hesse, Germany": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dahlheim
Forstbach Valley
Loreley Rock
Nochern
Wellmich

Latitude: 50°8'19"N
Longitude: 7°43'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.138611111111,7.7283333333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Minium	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite
Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Mica Millerite Minium None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Wurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Devilline ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Minium ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	59516,59518	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	59511,59518	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	59518	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59518	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	59518	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	59513	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	59511,59518	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59518	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	59511,59518	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	59517	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	59511,59512,59513,59518,59519	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	59518	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2	59511,59518	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	59518	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	59517	366
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	59518	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	59518,59519	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	59513,59518,59519	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	59511,59518,59519	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59518	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	59518	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	59518	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59518	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	59518	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59518	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	59518	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59517	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	59518	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	59518	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	59517	265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	59518	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	59511,59518	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	59511,59518	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	59518	1066
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	59517	247
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59518	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	59517,59518	17380
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	59518	58
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	59518	309
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	59518	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	59513,59518,59519	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	59511,59517	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	59511,59512,59513,59516,59518,59519	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	1	59518	68
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	59517	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	59518	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	59518	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	59511,59517	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	59511,59518,59519	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	59518	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	59518	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	59511,59518,59519	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	59511,59517	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	59511,59518	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59518	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	59518	1803
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	59518	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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