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Locality Name:
Allendorf, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 132240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allendorf, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Allendorf Quarry
Franz-Ida Mine
Hüttebrüchen

Latitude: 51°15'55"N
Longitude: 7°56'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.265277777778,7.9366666666667

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeLepidocrociteNonePyrite
RutileSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1606513250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16065211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16065127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216065127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2260651,606549895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)260651,606547437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316065214640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16160652243
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)160654581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)160654770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260651,6065439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21606543106
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1606546417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16065421482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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