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Locality Name:
Hirschberg, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 277610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hirschberg, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
David Mine (Christiansglück Mine)

Latitude: 51°25'30"N
Longitude: 8°19'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.425,8.3222222222222

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeDufréniteLepidocrocite
MalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileSphalerite
TetrahedriteVivianiteWavellite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matulaite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Variscite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1606713250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21606715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16067111547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O160671280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16067127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216067127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1606713846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6160671310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1606712970
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O160671139
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16067124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1606717437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316067114640
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)16067153
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)160671581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216067112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21606715674
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O16067110
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216067139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21606713106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216067161156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5160671206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1606716417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16067121482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O160671263
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131606715317
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O160671301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O160671636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O160671374



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