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Locality Name:
Marsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 26147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beringhausen
Blome Quarry
Copper Mines
Giershagen

Latitude: 51°26'0"N
Longitude: 8°50'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.433333333333,8.8466666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Connellite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Connellite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Ktenasite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Ferrinatrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Quenstedtite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderotil ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vivianite ()*

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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	260	260	1	60602	470
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	260	260	1	60602	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	260	260	1	60602	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	260	260	1	60602	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	60602	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	260	260	1	60602	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	60602	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	2	60601,60604	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	2	60601,60602	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	1	60602	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	260	260	1	60602	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	2	60601,60602	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1	60606	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	260	260	1	60602	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	2	60601,60602	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	2	60601,60602	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	260	260	1	60602	281
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	260	260	1	60602	295
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	260	260	1	60602	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	2	60601,60603	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	60602	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	260	260	2	60601,60603	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	260	260	1	60602	179
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	260	260	1	60602	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	2	60601,60602	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	60602	814
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	260	260	1	60602	163
Ferrinatrite ()*	None	Na₃Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃·3H₂O	260	260	1	60602	25
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	1	60601	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	2	60601,60602	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	260	260	1	60602	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	60602	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	260	260	2	60599,60602	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	2	60601,60602	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	2	60601,60602	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	260	260	1	60602	251
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	260	260	1	60602	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	260	260	1	60602	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	260	260	1	60602	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	2	60601,60602	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	260	260	2	60601,60602	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	260	260	1	60602	915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	260	260	1	60602	1508
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	260	260	1	60605	58
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	60602	254
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	260	260	1	60602	265
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	60602	477
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	260	260	1	60602	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	2	60601,60602	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	60602	61156
Quenstedtite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·11H₂O	260	260	1	60602	17
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	260	260	1	60602	142
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	260	260	1	60602	165
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	260	260	1	60602	292
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	260	260	1	60602	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	260	260	1	60602	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	2	60601,60602	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	260	260	1	60602	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	260	260	2	60601,60602	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	1	60602	5317
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	60602	636

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
	sedcu-00434	260	260	U. Permian										Cu	26147	Marsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Marsberg	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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