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Locality Name:
Gertraud Mine (Gertrud Mine), Antweiler, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 36123
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36123.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gertraud Mine (Gertrud Mine), Antweiler, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDevillineKaoliniteKtenasiteLinariteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O3542480470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35424802734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235424803092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435424805516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335424801089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635424801633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)63542480359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3542480925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35424805707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O3542480194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35424803531
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542480651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480103
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)23542480201
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3542480593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O3542480149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)23542480265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23542480987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3542480767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480124
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3542480309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35424801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O3542480142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35424801101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317


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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