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Locality Name:
Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 17705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aarbacher Einigkeit Mine
Basanite Quarry
Ludwigseck Mine
Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine
Stahlseifen Mine
Struthütten

Latitude: 50°47'44"N
Longitude: 8°0'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.795555555556,8.0152777777778
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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
DiasporeLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteUllmannitehauchecornite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hauchecornite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Opal  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O4052701608211627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24052701608233092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS405270260820,608249052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64052701608212060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)405270260822,6082311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4052701608241966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34052701608241935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44052701608235516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270360822,60823,6082627198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16405270160823227
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270360822,60823,6082424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)405270260823,608267437
Gold  (*)CopperAu40527016082430554
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS840527016082427
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3405270260823,6082414640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)405270160823581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O440527016082114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)240527016082612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)405270160823770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24052701608235674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS405270260823,608241066
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O4052701608212994
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS405270160824767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2405270260823,6082439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24052701608233106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84052701608249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270360822,60823,6082461156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5405270160823206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)405270460822,60823,60824,608266417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4405270160822249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270260822,6082321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3405270260823,608243418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134052701608241803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134052701608235317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS405270260822,60824293
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3405270160824297


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
Emily000555405270Variscan     YesSideritePb, Zn1816Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySiegerlandWagner et al. (2002)10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1AP17_225 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050247Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R050247

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