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Locality Name:
Schafberg, Ibbenbüren, Steinfurt, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 29168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schafberg, Ibbenbüren, Steinfurt, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Muck Und Horst Mine
Perm Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)260384,603852734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2260384,603853092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2260384,603855509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4260384,603855516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61603841633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)260384,603854979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S260384,603855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260384,6038527198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1603842970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260384,6038524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)260384,603857437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O260384,603851689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6260384,603851066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260384,6038512537
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6160384477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260384,6038539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260384,6038561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)260384,603856417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)260384,603852473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260384,6038521482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216038499
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13260384,603855317



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