Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rützkausen, Velbert, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 279595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rützkausen, Velbert, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Josephine Mine

Latitude: 51°19'30"N
Longitude: 7°2'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.325,7.0408333333333

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	Caledonite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite
Linarite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Minium ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Caledonite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite
Linarite Minium None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

19 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	60419	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60419	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	60419	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	60419	413
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	60419	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60419	4979
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	60419	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	60419	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60419	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	60419	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	60419	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60419	201
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	60419	5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60419	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	60419	987
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	60419	247
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	60419	1725
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60419	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	60419	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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