Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Binsfeldhammer Lead Smelter Slag Locality, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 410
Youngest recorded age at locality: 331

mindat Locality ID: 17061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Binsfeldhammer Lead Smelter Slag Locality, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°45'27"N
Longitude: 6°14'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.7575,6.2430555555556

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Copper	Corundum	Devilline	Gypsum
Hopeite	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Melilite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphophyllite
Pseudobrookite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite	Woodwardite

Åkermanite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Copper ()*	Devilline ()*	Elyite ()*	Fougèrite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucocerinite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hopeite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Lanarkite ()*
Langite ()*	Lead ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pseudobrookite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Zinc ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Copper Corundum Devilline Gypsum
Hopeite Hydrotalcite Iron Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Melilite None Not in a structural group Phosphophyllite
Pseudobrookite Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite Woodwardite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	410	331	50
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	410	331	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	410	331	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	410	331	3250
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	410	331	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	410	331	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	410	331	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	410	331	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	410	331	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	410	331	4979
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	410	331	3846
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	410	331	366
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	410	331	85
Fougèrite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O	410	331	20
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	410	331	24243
Glaucocerinite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	410	331	20
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	410	331	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	410	331	14640
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	410	331	29
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	410	331	201
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	410	331	341
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	410	331	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	410	331	2228
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	410	331	60
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	410	331	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	410	331	593
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	410	331	192
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	410	331	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	410	331	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	410	331	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	410	331	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	410	331	202
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	410	331	64
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	410	331	29
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	410	331	309
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	410	331	164
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	410	331	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	410	331	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	410	331	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	410	331	21482
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	410	331	52

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
	Kristen002437	410	331	Devonian and Lower Carboniferous		epigenic lead-zinc mineralization					Yes			Zn, Pb	21263	Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Aachen-Stolberg	Krahn and Baumann (1996)	10.1007/BF00204029	MD31_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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