Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Potschberg Quarry, Jettenbach, Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 60586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potschberg Quarry, Jettenbach, Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°32'36"N
Longitude: 7°33'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.543333333333,7.5613888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Harmotome	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Na O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Na O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Harmotome Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	2600
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	354	248	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354	248	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	354	248	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	5674
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	354	248	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	5251

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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