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Locality Name:
Wilden, Wilnsdorf, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 280973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280973.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bautenberg Mine

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

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: Ag As Bi 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: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeMalachite
NonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteUllmannite
Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4052701609189052
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3405270160918214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34052701609181935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40527016091827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4052701609184979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4405270160918352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240527016091827198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3405270160918802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40527016091824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4052701609187437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O340527016091814640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14405270160918784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)240527016091812537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2405270160918300
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34052701609181425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240527016091839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24052701609183106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4052701609181725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240527016091861156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21405270160918165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4052701609186417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4052701609185186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40527016091821482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)405270160918446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34052701609183418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134052701609185317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS405270160918293
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3405270160918297



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Emily000555405270Variscan     YesSideritePb, Zn1816Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySiegerlandWagner et al. (2002)10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1AP17_225 


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