Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Saarbrücken, Saar Coal Mining Area, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saarbrücken, Saar Coal Mining Area, Saarland, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dudweiler (Duttweiler)
Fechingen
Luisenthal
Quierschied

Latitude: 49°16'16"N
Longitude: 7°3'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.271111111111,7.0588888888889

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.

Alum	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Sulphur

Alum-(K) ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Sulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	61864	92
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	61868	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61870	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	61868,61870	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	61870	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	61868,61870	9895
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	61868	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	61864	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	61868,61870	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	61864,61868,61870	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	61866,61868	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	61864	105
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	61868,61870	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	61864	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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