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:
Wanne-Eickel, Herne, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wanne-Eickel, Herne, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pluto Mine

Latitude: 51°31'56"N
Longitude: 7°8'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.532222222222,7.1425

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.

Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Halite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	60478	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	60478	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	60478	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60478	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60478	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60478	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60478	24243
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	60478	1398
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60478	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60478	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	60478	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	60478	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	60478	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60478	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	60478	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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