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Locality Name:
Slag Dumps, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 240513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slag Dumps, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz Am Rhein, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteConnelliteCopperDevillineGypsumKtenasiteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupVivianiteWollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Ferrobustamite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Litharge  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Redgillite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)43542480246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)33542480544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635424801633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O3542480295
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O354248085
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O6354248022
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)354248097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3542480593
Litharge  (*)NonePbO3542480139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO3542480202
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3542480309
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O354248045
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)35424801711
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O3542480142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480292
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O3542480636
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248095


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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