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Locality Name:
Lieth, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 255809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lieth, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Limestone Quarry
National Deep Drilling Project Lieth

Latitude: 53°43'17"N
Longitude: 9°41'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.721388888889,9.6833333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
NonePyriteQuartzSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1635023250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16350211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16350227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1635025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216350227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21635029895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21635029617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1635026890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61635021066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41635025591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216350212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21635025674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216350239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216350261156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1635022473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16350221482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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