Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hoher Stein Mine, Littfeld, Kreuztal, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 14861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14861.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoher Stein Mine, Littfeld, Kreuztal, Siegerland, 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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Copper	Epsomite	Linarite	Malachite	Millerite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Linarite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Millerite ()*
Morenosite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siegenite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Copper Epsomite Linarite Malachite Millerite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	405	270	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	405	270	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	405	270	4979
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	405	270	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	405	270	987
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	405	270	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	405	270	397
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	405	270	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	405	270	84
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	61156
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	405	270	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	405	270	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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