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Locality Name:
St Jost, Langenfeld, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 280635
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280635.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Jost, Langenfeld, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bendisberg Mine

Latitude: 50°21'34"N
Longitude: 7°6'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.359444444444,7.1002777777778
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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCovelliteDevillineDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMillerite
MiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Dickite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481615072734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23542481615073092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481615073250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161507919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481615075509
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33542481615071089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb354248161507175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481615071633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481615074979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O354248161507197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816150727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481615073846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248161507151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481615074165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481615072970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2354248161507144
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161507651
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161507814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816150724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481615077437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481615076890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481615071066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481615072228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161507593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354248161507265
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)354248161507234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161507987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816150712537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481615071066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4354248161507247
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O35424816150758
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS354248161507767
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4354248161507131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248161507309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816150739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481615071725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816150761156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O35424816150768
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161507142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161507292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481615076417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481615072473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816150721482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481615072045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481615075317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS354248161507293


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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