Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kirchsahr, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 52052
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52052.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirchsahr, Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Binzenbach
Burgsahr
Plittersdorf
Winnen

Latitude: 50°30'35"N
Longitude: 6°54'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.509722222222,6.9058333333333

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.

Arsenic	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Antimony ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Millerite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Millerite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

15 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
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	354	248	1	60998	363
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	60996	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	1	60998	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	60996	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	4	60993,60996,60998,61000	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	8	60989,60991,60992,60993,60996,60998,61000,61001	24243
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	354	248	1	60998	1066
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	354	248	1	60998	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	60998	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	248	1	60998	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	4	60993,60996,60998,61001	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	3	60991,60998,61000	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	2	60995,60998	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	60998	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	354	248	1	60998	293

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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