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Locality Name:
Breinigerberg Mine, Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 410
Youngest recorded age at locality: 331

mindat Locality ID: 13819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13819.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Breinigerberg Mine, Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°44'15"N
Longitude: 6°14'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.7375,6.2386111111111
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: As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteGeocroniteGypsumMarcasiteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cattierite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vaesite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)41033102734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)241033103092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)41033103250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)410331027770
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS2410331030
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)41033104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2410331027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)241033109895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS410331024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS4103310717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O41033106890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)641033101066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S234103310105
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS241033105674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2410331039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO241033103106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl41033101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2410331061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)41033106417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)41033102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS410331021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS41033102045
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS24103310106
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS4103310372


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002437410331Devonian and Lower Carboniferous epigenic lead-zinc mineralization   Yes Zn, Pb21263Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAachen-StolbergKrahn and Baumann (1996)10.1007/BF00204029MD31_225 

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