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

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

mindat Locality ID: 205229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obersdorf, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schöne Freundschaft Mine
Silberquelle Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: As Ba Bi C Cu Fe Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Ni O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCoronaditeMeneghiniteMilleriteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteUllmannitehauchecornite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hauchecornite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Millerite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)405270011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11405270160894843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS34052701608941089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240527016089427198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16405270160894227
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270260894,6089524243
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS840527016089527
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24405270160894158
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS4052701608951066
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4052700767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2405270260894,6089539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270260894,6089561156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21405270160894165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)405270260894,608956417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270260894,6089521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34052701608943418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134052701608945317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS405270160895293



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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