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Locality Name:
Daimbacher Hof, Mörsfeld, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 17351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daimbacher Hof, Mörsfeld, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°45'0"N
Longitude: 7°56'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.75,7.9352777777778
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 As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Perroudite  (*)
Poyarkovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235424803092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35424809052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl354248091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35424802600
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)354248036
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg3542480397
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg3354248024
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2354248023
Poyarkovite  (*)NoneHg3OCl35424805
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317


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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