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Locality Name:
Gosenbach, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 16738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gosenbach, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alter Mann Mine
Grüner Löwe Mine
Honigsmund-Hamberg Mine
Kupferkaute Mine
Sophie Mine
Storch Und Schöneberg Mine

Latitude: 50°51'28"N
Longitude: 7°58'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.857777777778,7.9691666666667
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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cl Cu H Mn Na O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteArthuriteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeGypsumLöllingiteLepidocrocite
MalachiteMatlockiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS40527016088756
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS405270260885,608889052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O40527016088735
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl40527016088671
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi405270260885,608881966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S340527001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44052701608885516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)64052701608881633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40527016088827770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O40527016088788
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4405270260885,60888154
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O405270260883,6088791
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4052701608885707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O405270160887194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270360884,60887,6088827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4052701608882600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS405270260884,60885966
Copper  (*)CopperCu4052701608873846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4405270160887109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4405270160887175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4052701608872970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2405270160888144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O4052700366
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16405270160887300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2405270260884,608889895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270260884,60888814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40527016088824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)405270260883,608877437
Gold  (*)CopperAu405270260885,6088830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4052701608886890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O340527016088814640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14405270160888784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64052701608872228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O405270160887593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O4052700149
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)405270260883,60887581
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4405270160888249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)240527016088712537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS405270260884,608881066
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)405270160887492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS405270160888767
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)64052700158
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O405270160887105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O405270160887428
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]405270160888716
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4405270160887369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34052701608881425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2405270260884,6088739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84052701608889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270360884,60887,6088861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)40527001711
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4052701608871153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)405270360884,60885,608886417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4405270260884,60888249
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3405270160884531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134052701608851803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134052701608845317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS405270260885,60888293
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3405270160888297


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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