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Locality Name:
Werlau, St Goar, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 35649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Werlau, St Goar, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Consolidierte Gute Hoffnung Mine
Gustav Mine (incl. Boxberger Hof)

Latitude: 50°9'21"N
Longitude: 7°39'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.155833333333,7.6538888888889
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 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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteLepidocrocite
LinariteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMiniumNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsbeckite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481615798803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35424802734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235424803092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481615783250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63542480919
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635424801633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816157827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481615794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35424805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261578,6157927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35424803531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O3542480382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542480651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248261578,615799895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F354248261578,615792740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248261578,6157924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Graphite  (*)NoneC35424802812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3542480717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481615796890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635424801066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435424805591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3542480593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)23542480265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3542480581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23542480987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS35424801066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O43542480247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248017380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O354248058
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3542480309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS335424801425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816157939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35424801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261578,6157961156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O354248068
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)35424801711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23542480454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O3542480142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481615796417
Silver  (*)CopperAg35424805186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)35424802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816157921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335424803418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35424802045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)235424803337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335424801803


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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