Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 45310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bad Münstereifel
Blankenheim
Düren
Hellenthal
Mechernich
Rheinbach
Schleiden
Simmerath
Vlatten

Latitude: 50°33'14"N
Longitude: 6°28'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.553888888889,6.4719444444444
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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicAtacamiteBaryteBournoniteBrochantite
CalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCheniteClayConnelliteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteEttringiteGypsumHarmotome
HexahydriteHydrotalciteIronKaoliniteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
MilleriteMiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPseudobrookitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteSulphurTaranakiteTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite
Wurtzite

122 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Claraite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fougèrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Laurionite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lead  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Monohydrocalcite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)
Newberyite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Plumbonacrite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Sampleite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Simonkolleite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Taranakite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zincite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)174166160304254
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O174166260304,60315470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21741661603042162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)174166860294,60297,60304,60307,60309,60315,60317,603212734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2174166760290,60294,60297,60304,60307,60309,603173092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O174166160304445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb174166160315363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)174166460304,60307,60309,603153250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6174166260304,60321919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2174166660297,60302,60304,60312,60320,603215509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)174166860290,60294,60297,60307,60309,60315,60320,6032111547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2174166160320172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6174166360302,60304,60320132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6174166160315413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O174166260304,6032150
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4174166260297,603175516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3174166360304,60307,603091089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6174166460304,60307,60309,603151633
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O174166160315104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)174166860297,60299,60304,60307,60309,60315,60316,6031727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6174166160315359
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21741661603155171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1741661160294,60297,60302,60304,60307,60309,60312,60315,60317,60320,603214979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4174166160315352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O174166160304925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S174166260297,603155707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O174166260304,60315194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21741661560287,60290,60292,60294,60297,60304,60307,60309,60315,60317,60321,60324,60326,60332,6033627198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)617416616031540
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O17416616031540
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O174166160315295
Copper  (*)CopperCu174166360304,60310,603153846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6174166260302,60321151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS174166460297,60304,60315,603174165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O174166560302,60304,60310,60315,603362970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2174166160304144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O174166160315366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4174166460297,60304,60313,60317651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1741661603041027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2174166560294,60297,60299,60304,603179895
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O17416616031585
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O174166260304,60315814
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O17416616031593
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O17416616031520
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1741661560290,60292,60294,60297,60299,60302,60304,60307,60309,60312,60315,60317,60320,60321,6032424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)174166360297,60304,603217437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O174166160304188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O174166560304,60307,60309,60315,603176890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O260307,60309290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3174166360304,60310,6031514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O174166460304,60315,60317,603211689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O417416616032173
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O174166160304251
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2174166160315201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6174166460307,60309,60310,603151066
Iron  (*)IronFe1741661603151089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6174166360304,60315,603212228
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O17416616031575
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)17416616031597
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O174166360304,60315,60317593
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)17416616031549
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O174166160304149
Lead  (*)CopperPb174166160315192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2174166160315265
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)174166160315234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2174166560304,60307,60309,60315,60317987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO174166160315139
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417416616031514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21741661360287,60294,60297,60302,60304,60307,60309,60312,60315,60317,60320,60321,6033612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2174166560292,60304,60307,60309,603105674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO174166160315202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O174166160304915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS174166260290,603171066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl174166360304,60315,603201107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4174166360302,60310,60315247
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O17416616031555
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)160302362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216033217380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O17416616031558
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O17416616031580
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O17416616031524
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)174166360302,60304,60315492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS160290767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O174166160315124
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6174166160315158
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2174166160315142
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6174166260304,60321477
Plumbonacrite  (*)NonePb5(CO3)3O(OH)217416616031513
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4160290131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O174166260304,60315309
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5174166160315164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21741661660287,60290,60292,60294,60297,60299,60304,60307,60309,60316,60317,60321,60329,60331,60332,6033439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2174166260317,603213106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl174166960294,60302,60304,60307,60309,60312,60313,60317,603211725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8360290,60292,603329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21741661160287,60290,60292,60294,60297,60304,60307,60309,60315,60321,6033261156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O174166360304,60317,60321177
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O17416616030457
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2174166160321454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O174166160315293
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O17416616031540
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O174166160315142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O174166360304,60315,60317292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)174166560290,60292,60297,60304,603106417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1741661603155186
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O0016031511
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)174166460304,60307,60309,603212473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1741661360290,60292,60294,60299,60304,60307,60309,60312,60315,60321,60324,60328,6033221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4174166160315668
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS174166360304,60315,603212045
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O17416616031557
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO174166560302,60304,60310,60315,603361101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13174166560290,60294,60304,60307,603095317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O174166160315183
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS160290293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2174166160321106
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O174166160315636
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O17416616031595
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4174166460302,60304,60313,603201655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS260307,60309372
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO17416616031598
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1603321025


2 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
sedznpb-00206174166170±4 (Rb-Sr, sph)Rb-Sr sphalerite   Sphalerite  17591Maubacher Bleiberg, Untermaubach, Düren, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyMaubachSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-00207174166170±4 (Rb-Sr, sph)Rb-Sr sphalerite   Sphalerite  17614Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyMechernichSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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