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Locality Name:
Eisenzecher Zug Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 10887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10887.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eisenzecher Zug Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°49'9"N
Longitude: 7°59'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.819166666667,7.9872222222222
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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteClayCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteLepidocrocite
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosiderite
PhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalc
TetrahedriteTurquoiseUllmanniteVivianite

92 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Giorgiosite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderotil  (*)Siegenite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS405270056
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)40527002734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)240527003092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)40527003250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40527009052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O4052700143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)240527005509
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)4052700716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440527005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)640527001633
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O405270088
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S44052700154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)40527004979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4052700925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O405270091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40527005707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O4052700194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O405270077
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2405270090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O40527003531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)840527001756
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O4052700382
Copper  (*)CopperCu40527003846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)44052700109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)44052700175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS40527004165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O164052700599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O40527002970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)24052700179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O24052700144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O4052700366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44052700651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S40527001027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S164052700300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)240527009895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O4052700139
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O405270050
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4052700814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)34052700504
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O405270013
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS4052700131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)40527007437
Graphite  (*)NoneC40527002812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O40527006890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O44052700350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3405270014640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O4052700103
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6405270065
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)640527001066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)640527002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)440527005591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O4052700593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O4052700149
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)4052700581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24052700987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2405270012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)4052700770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS240527005674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4052700915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS40527001066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2405270017380
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O405270080
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)4052700492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4052700767
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O4052700105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O4052700428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O4052700182
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)4052700140
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O4052700309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)44052700369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2405270039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO240527003106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O4052700177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)40527001711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)24052700454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O40527001153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)40527006417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O405270084
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S44052700249
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs34052700531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270021482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)405270052
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS40527002045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)240527003337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1340527001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340527005317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O4052700433
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS4052700293
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS34052700297


1 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
Emily000555405270Variscan     YesSideritePb, Zn1816Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySiegerlandWagner et al. (2002)10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1AP17_225 

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