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


mindat Locality ID: 17702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Engelskirchen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Am Fechelsberg Mine
Heckhaus
Loope
Madonna Mine
Maria Mine

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

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 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEpsomiteGypsumKaolinite
KtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)260178,601812734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21601783092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O160181445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4160181246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)260178,601813250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6260178,60181919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21601815509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260180,6018111547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2160181172
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)416018179
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6260178,601811633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16017827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6160178359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)260178,601814979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1601785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2360178,60180,6018127198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O160181382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1601813846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6160181151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16160181227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS260178,601814165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1601812970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4160181651
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O16018197
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O160181814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS360178,60180,6018124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1601817437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O160181188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS160181717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1601816890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6260178,601811066
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)16017897
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O260178,60181593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2260178,60181265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)160181581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2260178,60181987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2360178,60180,6018112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2260178,601815674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O160181915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1601781066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl260178,601811107
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O16018158
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)160181492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS260178,60181767
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6160178477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O160181309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31601781425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260178,6018139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2260178,601813106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl260178,601811725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2360178,60180,6018161156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O16018168
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O160181142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O160181292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)360178,60180,601816417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4160181249
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)260178,601812473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS360178,60180,6018121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1601812045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216018199
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1601811101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13260178,601815317
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O160181636



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