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Locality Name:
Biersdorf, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 40010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Biersdorf, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Füsseberg Mine
Ohligerzug Mine (Ohliger Zug Mine)

Latitude: 50°45'5"N
Longitude: 7°56'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.751388888889,7.945
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: As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeLepidocrocite
MalachiteMilleriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
VivianiteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481610843092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161084445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481610849052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6354248161085413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3542481610841966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481610845516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261084,6108527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481610853846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3354248161084802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481610849895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816108424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481610857437
Gold  (*)CopperAu35424816108430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261084,6108514640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248161085581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248261084,6108512537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481610841066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816108439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23542481610853106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481610849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816108461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3542481610851711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481610846417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4354248161084249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816108421482


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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