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Locality Name:
Silberg, Kirchhundem, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 29197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silberg, Kirchhundem, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Glanzenberg Mine
Goldberg I Mine
Goldberg II Mine
Mercur Mine (Merkur Mine)

Latitude: 51°1'54"N
Longitude: 8°2'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.031666666667,8.0391666666667
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: Al As Ba C Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpsomiteKaoliniteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Copper  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)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)4052701608412734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4052701608389052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24052701608415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)405270260838,6084111547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11405270160838843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)64052701608411633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6405270160841359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)405270260838,608414979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270260838,6084127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4052701608412600
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3405270160841127
Copper  (*)CopperCu4052701608413846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4405270160841175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4052701608414165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4052701608412970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2405270160841144
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4405270160841651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4405270160838910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270260838,6084124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4052701608417437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O340527016084114640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O405270160841593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)405270160841581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2405270160841987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4405270160841249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)240527016084112537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg405270160841397
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O40527016084184
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)240527016084117380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs405270160841633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)405270160841492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240527016084139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24052701608413106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4052701608411725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270260838,6084161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)405270260838,608416417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4405270160841249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270260838,6084121482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)405270160841446
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134052701608415317


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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