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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

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: 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: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteGeocroniteGypsumMarcasiteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cattierite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vaesite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4103311601202734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24103311601203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)4103311601203250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)41033116012027770
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS241033116012030
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4103311601204979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS241033116012027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24103311601209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS41033116012024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS410331160120717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4103311601206890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)64103311601201066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23410331160120105
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24103311601205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS241033116012039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24103311601203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4103311601201725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO241033116012061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4103311601206417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4103311601202473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS41033116012021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS4103311601202045
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2410331160120106
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS410331160120372



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002437410331Devonian and Lower Carboniferous epigenic lead-zinc mineralization   Yes Zn, Pb21263Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAachen-StolbergKrahn and Baumann (1996)10.1007/BF00204029MD31_225 


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