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Locality Name:
Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 27507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eisenzecher Zug Mine
Frischer Muth Mine
Gilberg Mine
Kalterborn Mine
Kohlenbach Valley
Thalsbach Mine

Latitude: 50°49'9"N
Longitude: 7°59'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.819166666667,7.9869444444444

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutite
BrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteChlorite
ClayCobaltiteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDevilline
DiasporeDigeniteDufréniteEpsomiteEttringiteGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteKtenasiteLöllingite
LepidocrociteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePhosphosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzReddingiteRocksalt
RutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTurquoise
UllmanniteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconitehauchecornite

140 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Dypingite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Giorgiosite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hauchecornite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tučekite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S4052701608702793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3405270160870315
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS405270360865,60870,6087156
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O405270160870470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)405270260865,608702734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2405270360865,60870,608713092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270160870445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)405270260865,608703250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS405270260865,608709052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O405270160865143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6405270160870919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2405270260865,608705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)405270260870,6087111547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7405270160870450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4052701608701966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34052701608701935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)405270260865,60870716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4405270360865,60870,608715516
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O40527016087016
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)440527016087079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6405270260865,608701633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2405270160870700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)405270260870,6087127770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O40527016086588
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4405270360865,60870,60871154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)405270260865,608704979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O405270160865925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O405270360865,60867,6087091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S405270360865,60870,608715707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O405270160870197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O405270160865194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270360865,60870,6087127198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O40527016086577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)240527016086590
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4052701608653531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)84052701608651756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS405270260870,60871966
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O405270160865382
Copper  (*)CopperCu405270260865,608703846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6405270160870151
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4405270160865109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4405270160865175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16405270160870227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS405270260865,608704165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16405270260865,60870599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3405270160870802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O405270260865,608702970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2405270160865179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2405270260865,60870144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O405270160865366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4405270160865651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S405270360865,60870,608711027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16405270260865,60871300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2405270360865,60870,608719895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O405270160865139
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O40527016086550
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2405270160870246
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270260865,60870814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270260865,6087024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3405270160865504
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O40527016086513
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS405270160865131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)405270260865,608707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu40527016087030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC4052701608652812
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6405270160870113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O405270260865,608706890
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S940527016087043
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS840527016087027
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4405270160865350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3405270360865,60870,6087114640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270260865,60870103
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)640527016086565
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6405270260865,608701066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4405270160870142
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6405270260865,608702228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44052701608655591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3540527016087087
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O40527016087060
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S640527016087080
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O405270260865,60870593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O405270260865,60870149
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)405270160865581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2405270260865,60870987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2405270160870762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2405270360865,60870,6087112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)405270160865770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2405270260865,608705674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O405270160865915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2405270160870300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS405270360865,60870,608711066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O40527016087084
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2405270260865,6087017380
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O40527016086580
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs405270260870,60871633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)405270260865,60870492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS405270360865,60870,60871767
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O405270160865105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O405270160865428
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O40527016086831
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O405270260865,60868182
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)405270160865140
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17405270160870100
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4405270160870131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O405270260865,60870309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3405270160870733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4405270160865369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34052701608701425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2405270260865,6087039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2405270360865,60870,608723106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4052701608701725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS340527016087084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270360865,60870,6087161156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O40527016087068
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O405270160865177
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O40527016087055
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)405270360865,60870,608711711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2405270160865454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O405270160870142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4052701608651153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21405270160870165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)405270360865,60870,608716417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O405270260865,6087084
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4405270160865249
Silver  (*)CopperAg4052701608705186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3405270160865531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270260865,6087021482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)40527016086552
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)405270160870446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34052701608703418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS405270260865,608702045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24052701608653337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13405270360865,60870,608711803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13405270360865,60870,608715317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O405270160870183
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O405270160865433
Tučekite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Sb2S840527016087017
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS405270260865,60870293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3405270160870369
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3405270260865,60870297



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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