Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Overath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 27466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Overath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bensberg
Landwehr

Latitude: 50°57'10"N
Longitude: 7°12'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.952777777778,7.2083333333333

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	60195	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60195	5509
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	60195	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60195	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	60195,60197,60198,60199,60201,60203,60205,60206	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	60201	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	60195	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	60195	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	60195	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60195	9895
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	60195	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	60195,60197,60198,60199,60201,60203,60205,60206	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	60195	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	60195	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	60195	6890
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	60195	65
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	60195	784
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	60195	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	60195,60205,60206	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60195	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	60201	397
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60195	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	60195	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	60195,60201	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	60195,60197,60198,60199,60201,60203,60205,60206	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	60195,60201,60205,60206	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	4	60195,60197,60198,60199	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	60195	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	60195,60197,60198,60199,60201,60203,60205,60206	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	60195,60197,60198,60199,60201	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	60195	299
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	60195	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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