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Locality Name:
Alexander Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 10462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alexander Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°17'48"N
Longitude: 8°22'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.296666666667,8.3702777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chenite	Devilline	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spangolite

Aragonite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalconatronite ()*
Chenite ()*	Devilline ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Imiterite ()*
Linarite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Redgillite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chenite Devilline Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spangolite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	372	217	3250
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	372	217	79
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	372	217	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	372	217	4979
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	372	217	23
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	372	217	40
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	372	217	366
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	372	217	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	372	217	1689
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂	372	217	17
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	372	217	987
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	372	217	58
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	372	217	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	217	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	372	217	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	372	217	61156
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	372	217	45
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	217	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	372	217	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	372	217	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	372	217	292
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	372	217	105
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	372	217	369

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Co-00071	275	235	255	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck II-Bleialf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00072	289	217	253	U-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck II-Bleialf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00073	372	352	362	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00074	367	313	340	U-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Ni-00003	372	352	362	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Ni, Cu	34250	Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Ni-00004	367	313	340	U-Pb	Yes	Ni, Cu	34250	Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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