Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eisern, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 17704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eisern, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Adler Mine
Ameise Mine
Eisernhardter Tiefbau Mine
Morgenröthe Mine

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Lepidocrocite	Meneghinite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Vivianite	hauchecornite

Alacránite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Asbolane ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bottinoite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hauchecornite ()*
Hematite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tučekite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Lepidocrocite Meneghinite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Vivianite hauchecornite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alacránite ()*	Not in a structural group	As₈S₉	405	270	1	60878	18
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	405	270	1	60876	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60876	3092
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	405	270	1	60878	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	2	60876,60877	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	405	270	1	60877	143
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	405	270	2	60876,60877	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	405	270	2	60876,60877	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	405	270	1	60877	5516
Bottinoite ()*	None	NiSb⁵⁺₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O	405	270	1	60875	16
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	405	270	1	60877	154
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	405	270	1	60876	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	405	270	1	60877	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	3	60875,60876,60877	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	405	270	2	60876,60877	966
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	1	60877	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	4	60875,60876,60877,60878	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	405	270	2	60876,60877	30554
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	405	270	1	60878	43
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	405	270	1	60877	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	405	270	3	60875,60876,60877	14640
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	405	270	1	60878	80
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	60876	581
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	405	270	3	60875,60876,60877	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	1	60877	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	1	60877	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	405	270	1	60877	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	405	270	1	60876	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	405	270	2	60876,60877	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	3	60875,60876,60877	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	3	60875,60876,60877	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	3	60876,60877,60878	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	405	270	1	60877	1803
Tučekite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈	405	270	1	60875	17
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	405	270	1	60875	293

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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