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:
Zinc Mines, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 66771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zinc Mines, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Krug Von Nidda Mine
Tiefbau Von Hövel Mine

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	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 Cl Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	60588,60589	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	60588,60589	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	60588,60589	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	60588,60589	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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