Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 36443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thalburg Mine, 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

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica
Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vivianite	Woodwardite

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hörnesite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Woodwardite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay
Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Mica
Mixite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Vivianite Woodwardite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	254
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	90
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	103
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	149
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	57

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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