Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 16737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16737.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sophie Mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, 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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Arthurite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Löllingite
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz

Alloclasite ()*	Arthurite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Goethite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*

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 C Co Cu Fe H K O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Co Cu Fe H K O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Arthurite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Copper Cyanotrichite Diaspore Löllingite
Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	405	270	56
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	405	270	35
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	405	270	88
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	405	270	91
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	405	270	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	405	270	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	405	270	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	405	270	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	405	270	2970
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	405	270	300
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	7437
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	405	270	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	405	270	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	405	270	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	405	270	492
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	405	270	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	405	270	428
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	405	270	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	405	270	1153

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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