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Locality Name:
Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 146094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Albert Mine
Meyer Quarry
Zufriedenheit Mine

Latitude: 50°46'49"N
Longitude: 6°16'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.780277777778,6.2711111111111

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: C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1600922734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1600923250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6160092919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21600925509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61600921633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260091,6009227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1600924979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216009227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1600924165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1600922970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2260091,600929895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260091,6009224243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS260091,60092717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1600926890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61600921066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216009212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21600925674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216009239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216009261156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2160092454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1600926417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1600922473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260091,6009221482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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