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Locality Name:
Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 410
Youngest recorded age at locality: 331

mindat Locality ID: 21263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Atsch Mine
Bernardshammer Quarry
Berzelius Lead Smelter Slag Locality
Binsfeldhammer Lead Smelter Slag Locality
Birkengang Mine
Birkengang Zinc Smelter Slag Locality
Breinig
Büsbach
Dorff
Gressenich
Hammerberg Mine
James Mine
Mausbach
Münsterbusch Zinc Smelter Slag Locality

Latitude: 50°46'5"N
Longitude: 6°14'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.768055555556,6.2369444444444
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpsomite
EttringiteFeldsparGeocroniteGypsumHexahydriteHopeiteHydrotalciteIronKtenasiteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteMeliliteNoneNot in a structural groupPalmieritePhenakitePhosphophyllitePseudobrookitePyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteSulphur
SyngeniteTetrahedriteTridymiteVivianiteWoodwarditeWurtzite

103 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bassanite  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fougèrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hardystonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hopeite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iron  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Lammerite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lead  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Palmierite  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Simonkolleite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Syngenite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wülfingite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S410331260118,601362793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)410331160136254
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7410331260116,6013650
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)410331260118,601368803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)410331760116,60118,60120,60131,60132,60135,601362734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2410331460120,60131,60132,601353092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4410331160116246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)410331460116,60118,60120,601363250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6410331260118,60136919
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O41033116013682
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6410331260118,60136132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6410331260116,60136413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7410331260118,60136450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4410331360116,60118,601365516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6410331360116,60118,601361633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)410331960114,60116,60118,60120,60127,60131,60132,60135,6013627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6410331160116359
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS2410331460120,60131,60132,6013530
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)410331760116,60118,60120,60131,60132,60135,601364979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S410331560118,60131,60132,60135,601365707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O410331160136194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2410331760118,60120,60128,60131,60132,60135,6013627198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O410331260118,60136295
Copper  (*)CopperCu410331360116,60118,601363846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS410331560118,60131,60132,60135,601364165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2410331260118,60136453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O410331260118,601362970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O410331360116,60118,60136366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S410331360131,60132,601351027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2410331560120,60127,60131,60132,601359895
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O410331360115,60116,6013685
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O410331160136814
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O410331260118,6013693
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O410331260116,6013620
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4103311060116,60118,60120,60123,60128,60131,60132,60134,60135,6013624243
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)410331260116,6013620
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)410331260118,601367437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O410331360131,60132,60135188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS410331460120,60131,60132,60135717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O410331760116,60118,60120,60131,60132,60135,601366890
Hardystonite  (*)MeliliteCa2ZnSi2O741033116013614
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3410331360116,60118,6013614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O410331560123,60131,60132,60135,601361689
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O410331160136251
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O410331260116,6012329
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2410331360116,60118,60136201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O410331360116,60118,60136341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6410331760118,60120,60123,60131,60132,60135,601361066
Iron  (*)IronFe410331360116,60118,601361089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14410331360131,60132,60135784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6410331360116,60118,601362228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23410331460120,60131,60132,60135105
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O41033116011660
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O41033116013675
Lammerite  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)241033116013610
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)410331360116,60118,6013697
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O410331360115,60116,60136593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O410331160136149
Lead  (*)CopperPb410331360116,60118,60136192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2410331360116,60118,60136265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2410331360116,60118,60136987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO410331360116,60118,60136139
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4410331260118,6013614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2410331660116,60118,60131,60132,60135,6013612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2410331560120,60131,60132,60134,601355674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO410331160116202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl410331260118,601361107
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O41033116013655
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)641033116011664
Palmierite  (*)PalmieriteK2Pb(SO4)24103311601368
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O410331160136124
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O41033116011629
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O410331260116,60136309
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5410331360116,60118,60136164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2410331560120,60131,60132,60134,6013539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2410331460120,60131,60132,601353106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl410331560120,60123,60131,60132,601351725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2410331660118,60120,60127,60131,60132,6013561156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O410331160136293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O410331360116,60118,60136142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4103311601361153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O410331360116,60118,60136292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)410331460120,60131,60132,601356417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4103311601165186
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O00260118,6013611
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)410331860118,60120,60123,60128,60131,60132,60135,601362473
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)2410331260118,6013617
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4103311160116,60118,60120,60123,60128,60131,60132,60133,60134,60135,6013621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O44103311601361934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3410331360131,60132,601353418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS410331660118,60120,60131,60132,60135,601362045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2410331260118,6013699
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O41033116013644
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13410331360131,60132,601351803
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O410331260118,60136183
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2410331260118,60136458
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2410331460120,60131,60132,60135106
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O410331160136636
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4410331660118,60123,60131,60132,60135,60136303
Wülfingite  (*)CristobaliteZn(OH)2410331260118,601365
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS410331560118,60120,60131,60132,60135372
Zinc  (*)NoneZn41033116011652
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO410331260118,6013698


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
Kristen002437410331Devonian and Lower Carboniferous epigenic lead-zinc mineralization     Zn, Pb21263Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAachen-StolbergKrahn and Baumann (1996)10.1007/BF00204029MD31_225 

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