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Locality Name:
Hüsten, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 130551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130551.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hüsten, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
An Der Seilbahn Slag Locality
A46 Highway Cut

Latitude: 51°26'34"N
Longitude: 7°59'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.442777777778,7.9927777777778

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevilline
DiasporeEttringiteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyriteQuartzSphaleriteStrunziteTridymiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hannebachite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lead  (*)Linarite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Simonkolleite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tin  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1605172734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1605173250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21605175509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61605171633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16051727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1605174979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216051827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1605173846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1605172970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21605189895
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O16051785
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O16051793
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)160517371
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)216051786
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1605177437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O260517,605186890
Hannebachite  (*)NoneCa(SO3)·0.5H2O16051712
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1605171689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2160517201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O160517341
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH160518367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61605171066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61605172228
Lead  (*)CopperPb160517192
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2160517987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO160517139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216051712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21605185674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO160517202
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)216051751
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216051839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216051861156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2160517454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O160517292
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O0016051711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16051821482
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O16051898
Tin  (*)NoneSn16051763
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2160517458
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O160517636
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31605171247
Zinc  (*)NoneZn16051752
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO16051798



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