Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fürst Moritz Mine, Niederndorf, Niederfischbach, Kirchen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 31840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fürst Moritz Mine, Niederndorf, Niederfischbach, Kirchen, Altenkirchen, 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

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Ullmannite ()*

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 Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	354	248	919
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	1089
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	354	248	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	354	248	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	354	248	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1107
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	354	248	309
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	354	248	68
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	142
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	99
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	354	248	293

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
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

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