Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Philippshoffnung Mine, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 16827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16827.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Philippshoffnung Mine, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Skutterudite	Vivianite

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Skutterudite Vivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	405	270	143
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	405	270	966
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	814
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	767
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	405	270	531

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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