Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 277986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weidenau, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Neue Haardt Mine (Neue Hardt Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Stibnite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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: As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Lepidocrocite Malachite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel Stibnite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60902	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	1	60902	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	405	270	1	60902	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	405	270	1	60902	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	405	270	1	60902	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	405	270	1	60902	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	405	270	1	60902	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	1	60902	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	405	270	1	60902	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	405	270	1	60902	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	1	60902	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	405	270	1	60902	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60902	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	1	60902	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	405	270	1	60902	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	405	270	1	60902	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	60902	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	1	60902	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	1	60902	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	405	270	1	60902	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	1	60902	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	1	60902	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	405	270	1	60902	249
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	405	270	1	60902	297

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
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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