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Locality Name:
Ferdinande Mine, Flandersbach, Heiligenhaus, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 36449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferdinande Mine, Flandersbach, Heiligenhaus, Niederberg Area, 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

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
CovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeLepidocrociteMalachiteMilleriteMiniumNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurVivianite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Duftite  (*)Elyite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)0140
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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