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Locality Name:
Menden, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 280977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280977.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Becke-Oese Quarry

Latitude: 51°24'18"N
Longitude: 7°46'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.405,7.7813888888889
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: Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeFluorite
GypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1605842734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1605843250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6160584919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21605845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16058411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16058427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1605844979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216058427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1605843846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1605844165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1605842970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21605849895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21605849617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16058424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1605847437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS160584717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1605846890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316058414640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61605841066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216058412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21605845674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1605841066
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O160584309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216058439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216058461156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O160584292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16058421482


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