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Locality Name:
Hildfeld, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 279955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279955.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clemensberg Quarry

Latitude: 51°15'8"N
Longitude: 8°33'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.252222222222,8.5652777777778

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDanburiteFeldsparGadoliniteKaolinite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1606858803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1606851627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1606853250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16068511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16068527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1606854979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216068527198
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8160685148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)160685498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21606859895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16068524243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41606855591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1606851271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216068512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21606855674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216068517380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1606851236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)160685363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21606851898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216068539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216068561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16068521482



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