Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Lehrte, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lehrte, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arpke Clay Pit
Bergmannssegen-Hugo Mine
Hansa Mine

Latitude: 52°21'34"N
Longitude: 10°0'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.359444444444,10.014444444444

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBoraciteCalciteCarnalliteGypsumKieseriteLangbeiniteNonePicromeritePyrite
RocksaltSulphurSyngenite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Boracite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Kainite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Koenenite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)
Picromerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Syngenite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15972711547
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl259728,5972957
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15972727770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O259728,59729132
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O259727,597286890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1597281398
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O15972950
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O15972980
Koenenite  (*)NoneNa4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)2215972812
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)315972943
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O15972844
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2259727,5972939462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1597276417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1597292045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl259728,59729275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O15972844
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)15972987



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070152Hansa Mine, Lehrte, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R070152


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