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Locality Name:
Müschede, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 221433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Müschede, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
B229 Road Cut
Lanwehr Quarry
Ruhr-Lippe Quarry

Latitude: 51°24'21"N
Longitude: 8°0'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.405833333333,8.0055555555556
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeFluoriteGypsum
HalotrichiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1605213250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2260521,605225509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260521,6052211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16052127770
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O160521194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216052127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1605213531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1605212970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4160521651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21605219895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21605219617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260521,6052224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1605217437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1605216890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O160521409
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216052112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21605215674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216052139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216052161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16052121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1605212045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13360520,60521,605225317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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