Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bleiwäsche

Latitude: 51°28'3"N
Longitude: 8°41'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.4675,8.6966666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60529	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	60529	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60529	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	60529	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	60529,60530	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60529	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60529	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60529	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60529	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	60529	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	60529	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	60529	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60529	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	60529	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60529	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	60529	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60529	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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