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


mindat Locality ID: 132236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uentrop, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
A46 Highway Bridge (Am Bockstall)
Caspari Mine

Latitude: 51°23'46"N
Longitude: 8°5'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.396111111111,8.0977777777778

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteBaryteBerauniteBerthieriteBournoniteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCoronaditeDiasporeFluoriteGypsumLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileSphalerite
StibniteStrunziteTetrahedriteVivianiteWavelliteZinkenite

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Claudetite  (*)Copper  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferristrunzite  (*)Ferrostrunzite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Garavellite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Koninckite  (*)Larsenite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616052530
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)260525,605262734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)260524,605253250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21605245509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260524,6052511547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O160524136
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4160525343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7160525450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31605251935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11160525843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31605251089
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O160524280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260524,6052527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1605254979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4160525352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260524,6052527198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2160525162
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O316052535
Copper  (*)CopperCu1605243846
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16160524599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1605242970
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O16052481
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2260524,605259895
Ferristrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O014
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O16052419
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2260524,605259617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12160524663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260524,6052524243
Garavellite  (*)BerthieriteFeSbBiS416052510
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)260524,605257437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O260524,605256890
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1916052538
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)616052557
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616052565
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14160525784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61605242228
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2160525230
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O16052419
Larsenite  (*)NoneZnPb(SiO4)1605266
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)160524581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260524,6052512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21605245674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S316052587
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl260525,605261107
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O160524182
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17260524,60525100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260524,6052539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21605243106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1605251725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260524,6052561156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5160524206
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2160525454
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21260524,60525165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3160525179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)260524,605256417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260524,6052521482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)160525446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3260524,605253418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O160524263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O16052498
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3360524,60525,60526369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O160526636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O160524374
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42260524,60525228



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