Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Vahlberger Zug Mine, Rothemühle, Wenden, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vahlberger Zug Mine, Rothemühle, Wenden, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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: C Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Malachite None Quartz Rutile

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	405	270	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	405	270	1711

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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