Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Heckhaus, Engelskirchen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 278780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heckhaus, Engelskirchen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silberkaule 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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Covellite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	60178	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	60178	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60178	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	60178	919
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	60178	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60178	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	60178	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60178	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	60178	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60178	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	60178	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60178	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	60178	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	1	60178	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	60178	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60178	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	60178	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60178	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60178	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60178	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	60178	1107
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	60178	767
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	60178	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	60178	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	60178	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	60178	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	60178	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	60178	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60178	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	60178	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60178	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	60178	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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