Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Copper Mine, Düppenweiler, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 14816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mine, Düppenweiler, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wurzel Shaft

Latitude: 49°24'38"N
Longitude: 6°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.410555555556,6.7830555555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Covellite Digenite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	0		154
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	0		966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	0		151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	61885	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	0		105
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	61885	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	61885	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	0		245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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