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Locality Name:
Remigiusberg Quarries, Rammelsbach, Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 39546
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39546.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Remigiusberg Quarries, Rammelsbach, Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°32'35"N
Longitude: 7°27'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.543055555556,7.4516666666667
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 Co Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Si Ti V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumDescloizite
DiasporeDigeniteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltVivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Corundum  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO235424802162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435424805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35424803531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35424802600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)835424801756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O335424801797
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542480651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S35424801027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163542480300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35424802740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Graphite  (*)NoneC35424802812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)335424801544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)3542480362
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156


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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