Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
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:
Nuttlar, Bestwig, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 205224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nuttlar, Bestwig, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ostwig Mine
Passauf Mine

Latitude: 51°21'57"N
Longitude: 8°25'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.365833333333,8.4288888888889
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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteMarcasiteNickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSphalerite
StibniteZinkenite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb160617175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16061727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216061727198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21606175674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs160617633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3160617176
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17160618100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260617,6061839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216061861156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21160618165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1606186417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3160617531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16061821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31606183418
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42160618228


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...