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Locality Name:
Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 34227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34227.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°21'31"N
Longitude: 7°43'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.358611111111,7.7205555555556
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: As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperEpsomiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteUllmanniteVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)35424802734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb3542480175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3542480966
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O35424801689
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O354248084
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3542480633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3542480767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35424801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3542480293


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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