Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Lüdenscheid, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 132238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132238.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Herscheid

Latitude: 51°11'23"N
Longitude: 7°42'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.189722222222,7.7111111111111

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Rocksalt	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 Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60595	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	60596	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	60595,60596	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	60595,60596	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	60595,60596	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	60595	7437
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	60595	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	60595,60596	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	60595	1725
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60595	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60596	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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