Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Littfeld, Kreuztal, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 29163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Littfeld, Kreuztal, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alte Katharine Mine
Anna Mine
Hartmann Mine
Haus Oranien Mine
Heinrichssegen Mine
Hemmelhohl Mine
Hoher Stein Mine
Silberart Mine
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 51°1'7"N
Longitude: 7°58'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.018611111111,7.9708333333333

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epsomite	Linarite	Malachite	Millerite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite
Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*
Millerite ()*	Minium ()*	Morenosite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epsomite Linarite Malachite Millerite Minium None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Ullmannite
Vivianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	405	270	2	60806,60810	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	405	270	3	60806,60808,60810	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60806	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	2	60808,60810	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	1	60810	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	5	60803,60806,60808,60809,60810	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	405	270	1	60810	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	405	270	2	60806,60808	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	405	270	1	60810	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	3	60806,60808,60809	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	405	270	3	60806,60808,60810	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	3	60806,60809,60810	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	405	270	5	60803,60806,60808,60809,60810	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	405	270	1	60810	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	405	270	2	60806,60810	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	405	270	1	60810	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	405	270	1	60810	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	3	60806,60808,60810	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	2	60808,60810	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	4	60806,60808,60809,60810	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	405	270	1	60810	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	405	270	2	60808,60810	987
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	405	270	3	60803,60806,60808	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	2	60808,60810	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	405	270	5	60803,60806,60808,60809,60810	397
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	405	270	3	60806,60808,60810	1066
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	405	270	1	60806	247
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	405	270	2	60808,60810	84
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	2	60808,60810	767
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	405	270	1	60806	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	405	270	1	60806	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	4	60806,60808,60809,60810	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	405	270	1	60810	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	405	270	2	60806,60810	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	4	60806,60808,60809,60810	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	4	60803,60806,60809,60810	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	405	270	4	60803,60806,60808,60810	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	405	270	3	60806,60808,60810	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	3	60806,60808,60809	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	405	270	1	60806	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	405	270	1	60810	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	405	270	1	60810	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	405	270	1	60810	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	405	270	1	60809	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	405	270	1	60810	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	3	60806,60808,60810	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	405	270	1	60806	293

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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