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Locality Name:
Wenden, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 260280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wenden, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Möllmicke
Rothemühle

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pt 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeEpsomiteLinariteMalachite
MilleriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteVivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Millerite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4052701608562734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270160856445
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)40527016085611547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS34052701608561089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40527016085627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4052701608564979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240527016085927198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4052701608562600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24052701608569895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270160856814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40527016085624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4052701608597437
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2405270160856987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2405270260856,6085912537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg405270160856397
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS4052701608561066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O40527016085684
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS405270160856767
Platinum  (*)CopperPt4052700485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240527016085639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24052701608593106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270260856,6085961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4052701608591711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4052701608566417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4405270160856249
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4052701608562473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40527016085621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134052701608565317


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
Emily000555405270Variscan     YesSideritePb, Zn1816Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySiegerlandWagner et al. (2002)10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1AP17_225 

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