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:
Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 236661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Breinigerberg Mine
Cornelia Mine

Latitude: 50°44'24"N
Longitude: 6°13'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.74,6.2283333333333

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cattierite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vaesite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Geocronite Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur Wurtzite

24 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	410	331	1	60120	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	410	331	1	60120	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	410	331	1	60120	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	410	331	1	60120	27770
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	410	331	1	60120	30
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	410	331	1	60120	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	410	331	1	60120	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	410	331	1	60120	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	410	331	1	60120	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	410	331	1	60120	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	410	331	1	60120	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	410	331	1	60120	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	410	331	1	60120	105
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	410	331	1	60120	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	410	331	1	60120	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	410	331	1	60120	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	410	331	1	60120	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	410	331	1	60120	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	410	331	1	60120	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	410	331	1	60120	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	410	331	1	60120	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	410	331	1	60120	2045
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	410	331	1	60120	106
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	410	331	1	60120	372

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
	Kristen002437	410	331	Devonian and Lower Carboniferous		epigenic lead-zinc mineralization					Yes			Zn, Pb	21263	Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Aachen-Stolberg	Krahn and Baumann (1996)	10.1007/BF00204029	MD31_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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