Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Magdalena Mine, Morsbach, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 158009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magdalena Mine, Morsbach, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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