Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castor Mine, Loope, Engelskirchen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 17698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17698.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castor Mine, Loope, Engelskirchen, Bergisches Land, 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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite
Copper	Coronadite	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Dundasite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite
Copper Coronadite Covellite Devilline Diaspore Dundasite Epsomite Gypsum Kaolinite Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*
Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dundasite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Namuwite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	172
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	151
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	97
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	58
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	68
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	99
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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