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Locality Name:
Churfürst Ernst Mine, Bönkhausen, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 13204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Churfürst Ernst Mine, Bönkhausen, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°17'19"N
Longitude: 8°0'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.288611111111,8.0036111111111
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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCheniteCopper
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Macphersonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)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
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)6040
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)20201
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)097
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO0139
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2011
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO20158
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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