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Locality Name:
Eisen, Nonnweiler, Saarland, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 288055
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288055.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eisen, Nonnweiler, Saarland, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Korb Mine

Latitude: 49°37'38"N
Longitude: 7°2'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.627222222222,7.0425

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1618382793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1618388803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21618382162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1618383250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1618389052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16183811547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31618381089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2161838700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16183827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1618385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216183827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1618382600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21618389895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1618382740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21618389617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16183824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1618387437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1618386890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316183814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31618385433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41618385591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416183814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216183812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21618385674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O161838915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216183817380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4161838112
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31618381425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216183839462
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1618381711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21618385614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1618386417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16183821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131618381803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131618385317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1618385251



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