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Locality Name:
Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 29162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29162.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Achenbach
Eiserfeld
Eisern
Friedericke Mine
Geisweid
Gosenbach
Niederschelden
Obersdorf
Philippshoffnung Mine
Rosterberg
Trupbach
Weidenau

Latitude: 50°49'9"N
Longitude: 7°59'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.819166666667,7.9866666666667
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Co H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthurite
AtacamiteBaryteBismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteChloriteClayCobaltiteConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteEpsomiteEttringite
GypsumKaoliniteKobelliteKtenasiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MatlockiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosiderite
PhosphosideritePolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzReddingiteRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTurquoiseUllmanniteVivianiteWurtzite
Xanthoconitehauchecornite

169 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alacránite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Asbolane  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Giorgiosite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hammarite  (*)Hauchecornite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Idaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Millerite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Orthoserpierite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Redgillite  (*)Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderotil  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spherocobaltite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tučekite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S4052701608702793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)405270160890254
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3405270160870315
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S940527016087818
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS405270460865,60870,60871,6088756
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O405270160870470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)405270560865,60870,60876,60879,608902734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2405270560865,60870,60871,60876,609023092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270160870445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4405270160890246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)405270460865,60870,60890,608963250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3405270160878231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS405270960865,60870,60876,60877,60885,60888,60890,60896,609029052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O40527016088735
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O405270460865,60877,60890,60896143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6405270160870919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2405270360865,60870,609025509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)405270360870,60871,6089311547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6405270160879413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O405270050
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7405270260862,60870450
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl40527016088671
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi405270760862,60870,60876,60877,60885,60888,609021966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3405270560870,60876,60877,60882,609021935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)405270260865,60870716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4405270660865,60870,60871,60877,60888,609025516
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O405270360862,60870,6087516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11405270160894843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3405270260894,609021089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4405270260870,6089079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6405270560865,60870,60879,60888,608901633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2405270160870700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)405270460870,60871,60888,6090227770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O405270260865,6088788
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4405270760865,60870,60871,60877,60885,60888,60902154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)405270460865,60870,60876,608794979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O405270160865925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O405270760862,60865,60867,60870,60883,60887,6089091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S405270660865,60870,60871,60877,60888,609025707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O405270160870197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O405270360865,60887,60890194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24052701660862,60865,60870,60871,60875,60876,60877,60879,60882,60884,60887,60888,60890,60894,60896,6090227198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O40527016086577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)240527016086590
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4052701608653531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4052701608882600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8405270260865,608791756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS405270760870,60871,60876,60877,60884,60885,60896966
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O405270160890295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O405270160865382
Copper  (*)CopperCu405270660862,60865,60870,60879,60887,608903846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6405270260870,60879151
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4405270360865,60887,60890109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4405270260865,60887175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16405270360870,60879,60894227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS405270460865,60870,60879,608904165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16405270260865,60870599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3405270160870802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O405270660865,60870,60879,60887,60890,609022970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2405270160865179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2405270460865,60870,60888,60890144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O405270260865,60882366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4405270160865651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S405270360865,60870,608711027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16405270360865,60871,60887300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2405270860862,60865,60870,60871,60884,60888,60890,609029895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O405270160865139
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O40527016086550
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2405270160870246
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270760865,60870,60877,60884,60888,60890,60896814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4052701160865,60870,60875,60876,60877,60878,60879,60888,60890,60894,6089524243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3405270160865504
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O40527016086513
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS405270160865131
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)240527016086225
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4052701060862,60865,60870,60879,60883,60887,60890,60891,60892,609027437
Gold  (*)CopperAu405270660870,60876,60877,60885,60888,6090230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC4052701608652812
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6405270160870113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O405270460865,60870,60888,608906890
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S9405270260870,6087843
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS8405270460862,60870,60877,6089527
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4405270160865350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3405270960862,60865,60870,60871,60875,60876,60877,60888,6090214640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270360865,60870,60890103
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)640527016086565
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH405270160890367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6405270360865,60870,608791066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4405270160870142
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14405270160888784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6405270560865,60870,60879,60887,608902228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4405270360865,60879,608905591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3540527016087087
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O40527016087060
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6405270260870,6087880
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O405270460865,60870,60887,60890593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O405270460865,60870,60882,60890149
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)405270660865,60876,60879,60883,60887,60902581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2405270360865,60870,60879987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4405270160888249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2405270160870762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2405270960862,60863,60865,60870,60871,60879,60887,60890,6090212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)405270260865,60890770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2405270260865,608705674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O405270160865915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24405270160894158
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2405270160870300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS4052701060862,60865,60870,60871,60875,60876,60877,60884,60888,608951066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O405270260862,6087084
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2405270460865,60870,60879,6089017380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O40527016089058
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6405270160890254
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O40527016086580
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs405270260870,60871633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)405270460865,60870,60887,60890492
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O40527016089040
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)640527016089064
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS405270760865,60870,60871,60877,60888,60893,60896767
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6405270160882158
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O405270360865,60887,60890105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O405270260865,60887428
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O40527016086831
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O405270260865,60868182
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)405270260865,60890140
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17405270160870100
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6405270160879477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]405270160888716
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4405270160870131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O405270360865,60870,60890309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3405270160870733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4405270260865,60887369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3405270260870,608881425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24052701060865,60870,60877,60879,60884,60887,60890,60894,60895,6090239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2405270560865,60870,60872,60877,608793106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl405270260870,608761725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS340527016087084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8405270460876,60877,60888,609029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24052701660862,60865,60870,60871,60875,60876,60877,60879,60884,60887,60888,60890,60894,60895,60896,6090261156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O40527016087068
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O405270160865177
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O40527016089045
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O40527016087055
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)405270560865,60870,60871,60882,608901711
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O40527016089057
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2405270160865454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O405270160870142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O405270360865,60887,608901153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21405270260870,60894165
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O405270160890292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4052701660862,60865,60870,60871,60875,60876,60877,60879,60884,60885,60888,60890,60894,60895,60896,609026417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O405270260865,6087084
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4405270560862,60865,60884,60888,60902249
Silver  (*)CopperAg4052701608705186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3405270360865,60884,60896531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270960865,60870,60876,60877,60878,60879,60890,60894,6089521482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)40527016086552
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)405270260862,60870446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3405270360862,60870,608943418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS405270360865,60870,608902045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24052701608653337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13405270560865,60870,60871,60877,608851803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13405270660865,60870,60871,60884,60890,608945317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O405270160870183
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O405270260865,60890433
Tučekite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Sb2S8405270360862,60870,6087517
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS405270760862,60865,60870,60875,60885,60888,60895293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3405270160870369
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3405270460865,60870,60888,60902297
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O40527016089095


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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