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Locality Name:
In Den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 71520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-71520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "In Den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°23'40"N
Longitude: 7°17'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.394444444444,7.2866666666667
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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatite
AragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBerylCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGypsumHarmotomeKaoliniteKieseriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RhabdophaneRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelStarkeyite
StauroliteSteacyiteTitaniteTridymiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZirconZirconolite

135 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allanite-(La)  (*)Almandine  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anilite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Bustamite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Davyne  (*)Dawsonite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Ekebergite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Ferri-katophorite  (*)Ferriakasakaite-(La)  (*)Ferriallanite-(La)  (*)Ferro-ferri-katophorite  (*)Ferro-richterite  (*)
Ferrosilite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorbritholite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorcalciobritholite  (*)
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Götzenite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)Haüyne  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hiortdahlite  (*)Huttonite  (*)
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxymanganopyrochlore  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Laachite  (*)Låvenite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mendigite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Nöggerathite-(Ce)  (*)Nosean  (*)
Opal  (*)Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Perrierite-(La)  (*)Phillipsite-Ca  (*)
Phillipsite-K  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stefanweissite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Turkestanite  (*)
Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)235424803419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O63542480286
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6354248043
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35424808803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542480706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)354248025
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)335424802353
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O354248046
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63542480966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO535424801310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335424801534
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4354248088
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)35424801036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635424802060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO23542480238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)3542480115
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)23542480101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O3542480232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2354248089
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35424803531
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O63542480289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1835424801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O335424801797
Davyne  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite[(Na,K)6(SO4)0.5Cl][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)]354248017
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)2354248090
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S35424801027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O635424804135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163542480300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Ekebergite  (*)ColumbiteThFeNb2O835424801
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O63542480944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35424808173
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)ScheeliteCeNbO4·0.3H2O354248016
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO43542480196
Ferri-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Fe3+)(Si7Al)O22(OH)235424809
Ferriakasakaite-(La)  (*)EpidoteCaLaFe3+AlMn2+(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)35424803
Ferriallanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35424802
Ferro-ferri-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si7Al)O22(OH)235424806
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2354248030
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6354248084
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6354248083
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35424802740
Fluorbritholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3F354248019
Fluorcalciobritholite  (*)Apatite(Ca,REE)5(SiO4,PO4)3F35424806
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F354248018
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)None(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)2Nb2O6F354248010
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)35424801188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2354248027
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)335424801544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248052
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)3542480158
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63542480741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O43542480407
Hiortdahlite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF3354248021
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)354248037
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na,U,   )2(Nb,Ti)2O6(OH)354248010
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH3542480367
Hydroxymanganopyrochlore  (*)Pyrochlore(Mn,Th,Na,Ca,REE)2(Nb,Ti)2O6(OH)35424801
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635424801066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O335424805433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O43542480172
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O23542480179
Laachite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Mn)2Zr2Nb2TiFeO1435424802
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4354248058
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3542480581
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3542480233
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O43542480229
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2354248080
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)35424801487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)3542480176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3542480915
Mendigite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)235424802
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3542480945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O35424801508
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)354248078
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248017380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542480254
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3542480884
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6354248017
Nöggerathite-(Ce)  (*)Zirconolite(Ce,Ca)2Zr2(Nb,Ti)(Ti,Nb)2Fe2+O1435424801
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O354248075
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35424802994
Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)PyrochloreCa2Nb2O6O354248011
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)2354248046
Perrierite-(La)  (*)Chevkinite(La,Ce,Ca)4(Fe2+,Mn)(Ti,Fe3+,Al)4[(Si2O7)O4]235424802
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O354248075
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O354248071
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)235424802273
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)63542480121
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O53542480164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO33542480244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO33542480147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835424809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O354248066
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)35424801711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3542480969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)23542480148
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3542480293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235424805614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83542480353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3542480598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO535424801516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)335424801214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)3542480978
Stefanweissite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,REE)2Zr2(Nb,Ti)(Ti,Nb)2Fe2+O1435424801
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl3542480275
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O3542480139
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)3542480240
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3542480183
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO23542480236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)35424801006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35424804899
Turkestanite  (*)Steacyite(K,   )(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20·nH2O35424809
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4354248083
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO335424801247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)3542480939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)35424805251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O73542480140


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)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-80In Den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-80
R141069In Den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141069
R141089In Den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141089
R141091In Den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141091

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