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Locality Name:
Heiligenhaus, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 132233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heiligenhaus, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Flandersbach
Thalburg Mine
Wassermangel Quarry

Latitude: 51°19'35"N
Longitude: 6°58'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.326388888889,6.9716666666667

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledonite
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeHydrotalciteKaolinite
KtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMiniumMixiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurVivianiteWoodwardite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)Duftite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1604072793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)160408254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O16040890
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)260407,604082734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21604073092
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6260407,60408919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2260407,604085509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2260407,60408172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6260407,60408413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61604081633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260407,6040827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6160408359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)260407,604084979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260407,6040827198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6160407151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS260407,604084165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O260407,604082970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)160407378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O260407,60408366
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)160407220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O16040785
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260407,6040824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)260407,604087437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316040814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O260407,604081689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O260407,60408103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6260407,604081066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41604085591
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O16040875
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O260407,60408593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O160408149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2160407265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)160407581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2160408987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260407,6040812537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1604071066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl260407,604081107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4160407247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)160407362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216040817380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)260407,60408492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS160407767
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)160407140
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6260407,60408477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O160408309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260407,6040839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl260407,604081725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260407,6040861156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2260407,60408454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O160408142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O160408292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1604086417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1604075186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)260407,604082473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260407,6040821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS260407,604082045
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl160407605
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)16040857
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41604071655



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