Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 1853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°18'15"N
Longitude: 8°22'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.304166666667,8.3797222222222

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Diaspore	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Palmierite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spangolite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Bonattite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalconatronite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Gerhardtite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Millerite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*	Palmierite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Redgillite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Susannite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite
Copper Diaspore Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Millerite None Not in a structural group Palmierite Quartz
Rocksalt Spangolite Sphalerite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	372	217	2734
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	372	217	21
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	372	217	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	372	217	1089
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	372	217	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	372	217	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	372	217	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	372	217	4979
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	372	217	23
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	372	217	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	217	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	372	217	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	372	217	24243
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	372	217	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	372	217	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	372	217	1689
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	372	217	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	372	217	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	372	217	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	217	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	372	217	1066
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	372	217	58
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	372	217	40
Palmierite ()*	Palmierite	K₂Pb(SO₄)₂	372	217	8
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	372	217	477
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	372	217	309
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	372	217	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	372	217	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	372	217	68
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	372	217	45
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	217	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	372	217	142
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	372	217	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	372	217	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	372	217	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	372	217	21482
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	372	217	99
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	372	217	95

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Co-00071	275	235	255	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck II-Bleialf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00072	289	217	253	U-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck II-Bleialf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00073	372	352	362	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00074	367	313	340	U-Pb	Yes	Co, Ni, Cu, Hg	16063	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Ni-00003	372	352	362	U-Th-Pb	Yes	Ni, Cu	34250	Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Ni-00004	367	313	340	U-Pb	Yes	Ni, Cu	34250	Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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