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Locality Name:
Burbach, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 26915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26915.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burbach, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Peterszeche Mine
Schöne Aussicht Mine

Latitude: 50°44'44"N
Longitude: 8°4'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.745555555556,8.08
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: Ag Al As C Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg N Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCopper
CovelliteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gerhardtite  (*)Goethite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Redgillite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)405270160785254
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O405270160785470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)405270260784,607852734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24052701607855509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7405270160785450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6405270260784,607851633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6405270160785359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)405270260784,607854979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270260784,6078527198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4052701607852600
Copper  (*)CopperCu4052701607853846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4052701607854165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4052701607852970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270160784814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270260784,6078524243
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)340527016078524
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4052701607847437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O405270260784,60785593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2405270260784,60785987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2405270260784,6078512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24052701607855674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS405270260784,607851066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl4052701607851107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4405270260784,60785247
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O405270160785309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2405270260784,6078539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl405270260784,607851725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270260784,6078561156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O40527016078468
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O40527016078545
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2405270160785454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4052701607851153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)405270260784,607856417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4405270160784249
Silver  (*)CopperAg405270260784,607855186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270260784,6078521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS405270260784,607852045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134052701607851803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134052701607855317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS405270160785293
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)40527016078560


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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