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Locality Name:
Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13832.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Henriette Shaft
Hitzberg Site
Ravelsberg IX Shaft

Latitude: 50°45'43"N
Longitude: 6°15'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.761944444444,6.2591666666667

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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDigeniteEpsomiteGeocroniteGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
StibniteSulphurTetrahedriteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Willemite  (*)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)4103311601322734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24103311601323092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)41033116013227770
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS241033116013230
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4103311601324979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4103311601325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS241033116013227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4103311601324165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S4103311601321027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24103311601329895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS410331260132,6013424243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O410331160132188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS410331160132717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4103311601326890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4103311601321689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)64103311601321066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14410331160132784
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23410331160132105
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)241033116013212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2410331260132,601345674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2410331260132,6013439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24103311601323106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4103311601321725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO241033116013261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4103311601326417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4103311601322473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS410331360132,60133,6013421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34103311601323418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS4103311601322045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134103311601321803
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2410331160132106
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4410331160132303
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS410331160132372



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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