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Locality Name:
Essen, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 28805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Essen, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carl Funke Mine
Christian-Levin Mine
Pörtingssiepen Mine
Zollverein Mine

Latitude: 51°26'34"N
Longitude: 7°1'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.442777777778,7.02

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	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copiapite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Matlockite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	Millerite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Smectite-vermiculite	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copiapite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Matlockite Melanterite Metavoltine Millerite Minium None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cumengeite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fiedlerite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hydrocerussite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matlockite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metavoltine ()*
Millerite ()*	Minium ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Nacrite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	60462	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	60462	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	60462	3092
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄			1	60462	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	60462	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	60462	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	60462,60464	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	60462	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	60462	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	60462,60464	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	60462	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	60462	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	60462	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	60462	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	60462,60464	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	60462	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	60462	3846
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	60462	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	60462	4165
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O			1	60462	43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	60462	2970
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄			1	60462	57
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	60463,60464	9895
Fiedlerite ()*	None	Pb₃Cl₄F(OH)·H₂O	0	0	1	60462	14
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	60462,60464	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	60462	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	60462	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	60462	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	60462	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	60462	409
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	60462	201
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)			1	60462	97
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	60462	49
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	60462	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	60462	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	60462	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	60462,60464	5674
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF			1	60462	29
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	60462	915
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O			1	60462	78
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			2	60462,60464	1066
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄			1	60462	247
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	60464	1508
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	60464	84
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	60464	112
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	60462	254
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	60462	158
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			1	60462	142
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	60462	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	60462,60463,60464	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	60462,60463,60464	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O			1	60462	115
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	60462,60464	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O			1	60464	73
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	60462,60464	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	60462	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	60462	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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