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Locality Name:
Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 39008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Königsstiel Adit
Lead And Silver Smelter Slag Locality
Rosenberg Mine

Latitude: 50°16'41"N
Longitude: 7°38'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.278055555556,7.6469444444444
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
CovelliteCristobaliteDevillineEttringiteFairchilditeGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteVivianiteWurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dypingite  (*)Elyite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fairchildite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Langite  (*)
Laurionite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nyerereite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Piypite  (*)Plumbonacrite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Trona  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)354248261592,615932734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248261592,615933250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481615939052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161593919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481615915509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6354248261592,615931633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248361591,61592,6159327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)354248361591,61592,615934979
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O354248261592,6159323
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261591,6159327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu354248361591,61592,615933846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS354248261592,615934165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2354248161592453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O354248261592,615932970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481615919895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O354248261592,6159350
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O35424816159285
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O35424816159293
Fairchildite  (*)FairchilditeK2Ca(CO3)2354248261592,6159310
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248261591,6159324243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481615926890
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161592103
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2354248161593201
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O35424816159275
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161592593
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)35424816159249
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161592987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO354248261592,61593139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248361591,61592,6159312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481615915674
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O35424816159258
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161592254
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)2354248261592,6159318
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248161592492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS354248161593767
Piypite  (*)NoneK4Cu4O2(SO4)4·(Na,Cu)Cl3542481615925
Plumbonacrite  (*)NonePb5(CO3)3O(OH)235424816159213
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248161592309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248261591,6159339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl354248261591,615931725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261591,6159361156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161592292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481615916417
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)2354248261592,6159317
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816159121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33542481615933418
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O35424816159290
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O354248161592129
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO354248261592,6159398


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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