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Locality Name:
Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 14842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°7'48"N
Longitude: 8°3'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.13,8.0641666666667
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumHalotrichiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O3933830470
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393383011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439338305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393383027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393383027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS39338302600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239338309895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393383024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39338306890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O3933830409
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239338305674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3933830915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393383039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393383061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393383021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339338301803


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00122393383Middle Devonian host rock age      14842Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyMeggenTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00208388383Middle Devonian,uppermost Givetian        14842Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyMeggenSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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