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Locality Name:
Eisenberg, Goldhausen, Korbach, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 16711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eisenberg, Goldhausen, Korbach, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Alte Fundgrube Mine
Anastasia Mine
Dachsstollen Mine
Glücksrad Mine
Molkenborn Mine
Molkenborn Mine 1
Molkenborn Mine 2
Molkenborn Mine 3
Nürnberger Adit
Old St. Georg Mine
St Georg Mine
St. Bernhard Mine
St. Christoph Mine
St. Kilian Mine
St. Sebastian Mine
St. Thomas Mine
St. Wolrath Mine
Victor Mine
Water Adit (Wasser Adit)

Latitude: 51°14'59"N
Longitude: 8°49'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.249722222222,8.8205555555556

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Se Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Se Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluorite
GypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O260260159584470
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22602601595843092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602601595845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26026015958411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426026005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602601595845707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS26026002600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2602600281
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O26026002970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226026009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226026009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260260024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26026007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26026015958430554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62602600121
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26026006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O326026005433
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)2602600234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226026015958412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS226026005674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg26026005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260260021482



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
sedcu-00438260260Permian     Yes Cu226090Korbach, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, GermanyKorbachCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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