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Locality Name:
St Goar, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 48708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Goar, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gründelbach Valley
Werlau

Latitude: 50°9'21"N
Longitude: 7°39'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.155833333333,7.6538888888889
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteLepidocrocite
LinariteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMiniumNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsbeckite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481615798803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481615772734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481615773092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248261577,615783250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161577919
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481615771633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816157827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481615794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3542481615775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248361576,61578,6157927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481615773531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O354248161577382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481615774165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161577366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161577651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248261578,615799895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F354248261578,615792740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248261578,6157924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481615777437
Graphite  (*)NoneC3542481615772812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS354248161577717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481615796890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816157714640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481615771066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481615772228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542481615775591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161577593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354248161577265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248161577581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161577987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816157712537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481615771066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4354248161577247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424816157717380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O35424816157758
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248161577309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33542481615771425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816157939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481615771725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248461576,61577,61578,6157961156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O35424816157768
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3542481615771711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2354248161577454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161577142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161577292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481615796417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481615775186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481615772473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816157921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33542481615773418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481615772045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23542481615773337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133542481615771803


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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