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Locality Name:
Hohe Liet, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 28973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hohe Liet, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Feldmann Quarry
Köster - Risse Quarries

Latitude: 51°26'20"N
Longitude: 8°22'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.438888888889,8.3711111111111

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
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)1606742734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21606745509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16067411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260673,6067427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1606744979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260673,6067427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1606744165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21606749895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16067424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260673,6067414640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216067412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21606745674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216067439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260673,6067461156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1606742473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16067421482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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