Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 132234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bergmannsglück Mine
Consolidation Mine
Hibernia Mine
Lippe Mine
Westerholt Mine

Latitude: 51°32'45"N
Longitude: 7°4'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.545833333333,7.0811111111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Quartz	Sphalerite

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Marcasite Millerite None Quartz Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	60467,60470	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60467	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60467	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60467	9895
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	60466,60467	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60467	1066
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	60467,60470	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60467	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	60466,60470	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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