Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mechernicher Bleiberg, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 166

mindat Locality ID: 17624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17624.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mechernicher Bleiberg, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°34'0"N
Longitude: 6°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.566666666667,6.6166666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Malachite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bieberite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corkite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vaesite ()*

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 Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Malachite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	174	166	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	174	166	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	174	166	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	174	166	11547
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	174	166	50
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	166	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	166	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	174	166	151
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	174	166	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	174	166	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	174	166	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	174	166	73
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	174	166	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	166	12537
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	174	166	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	174	166	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	174	166	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	174	166	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	174	166	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	174	166	177
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	166	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	174	166	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	174	166	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	174	166	2045
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	174	166	106

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
	sedznpb-00207	174	166	170±4 (Rb-Sr, sph)	Rb-Sr			sphalerite			Yes	Sphalerite			17614	Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Mechernich	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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