Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Vereinigte Kohlenbach Mine, Brüderbund Mine, Kohlenbach Valley, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 233863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233863.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vereinigte Kohlenbach Mine, Brüderbund Mine, Kohlenbach Valley, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tiefe Kohlenbach Mine

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Digenite	Löllingite	Malachite	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Alloclasite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Corundum Digenite Löllingite Malachite Millerite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	405	270	0		56
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	405	270	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	405	270	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	0		27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	405	270	0		154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	405	270	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	0		27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	405	270	0		966
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	405	270	0		1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	405	270	0		300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	0		9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	405	270	0		14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	0		12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	405	270	0		1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	405	270	0		633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	0		767
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	405	270	1	60872	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	405	270	0		1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	0		6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	405	270	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	0		5317

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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