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


mindat Locality ID: 227699
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227699.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holzen, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Calcite Quarry
Mimberge

Latitude: 51°24'13"N
Longitude: 7°54'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.403611111111,7.9058333333333

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: Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiaspore
GypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStibnite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1605142734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21605143092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1605143250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21605145509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260514,6051511547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31605141935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)160514716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61605141633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16051427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216051427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1605144165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1605142970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O160514366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21605149895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16051424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1605147437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1605146890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316051414640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61605141066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216051412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21605145674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1605141066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216051439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21605143106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216051461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16051421482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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