Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 36229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Sobernheim
Kirn
Niederhausen
Rüdesheim
Stromberg
Verbandsgemeinde Bad Kreuznach

Latitude: 49°50'35"N
Longitude: 7°38'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.843055555556,7.6425

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Tridymite	Zircon

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Billietite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coffinite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Uranospinite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite
Tridymite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61189	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61182	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	3	61171,61180,61182	11547
Billietite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	354	248	1	61182	38
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	4	61169,61173,61180,61189	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	1	61189	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	3	61173,61182,61189	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	354	248	1	61182	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	5	61177,61179,61180,61181,61182	2600
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	354	248	2	61179,61182	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61179	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	248	1	61179	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61189	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61179,61189	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61182	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	3	61169,61180,61182	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61177	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61187	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	2	61182,61189	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	354	248	1	61180	397
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	2	61176,61182	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	2	61176,61182	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	4	61173,61179,61180,61182	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1	61189	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	5	61169,61173,61185,61189,61191	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	2	61180,61182	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61179	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61187	458
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	354	248	2	61179,61182	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	354	248	1	61182	890
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	354	248	1	61182	51

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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