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Locality Name:
Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 29418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alme
Aspe West Mine
Bilstein
Hartsteinwerke Quarry
Kunibert Mine
Lange Riecke
Madfeld
Messinghausen
Rösenbeck
Theresia Mine
Thülen
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 51°24'43"N
Longitude: 8°38'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.411944444444,8.6469444444444

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: B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

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

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mendipite  (*)Mereheadite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Yeomanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1605503250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260553,6055411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1060536,60537,60540,60541,60543,60547,60550,60553,60554,6055827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1605584979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260553,6055427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2460540,60547,60550,605589895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS460537,60553,60554,6055824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)360540,60547,605587437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3760540,60547,60549,60550,60553,60554,6055814640
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2160542201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61605401066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2460537,60540,60541,605505674
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl216054217
Mereheadite  (*)NonePb47O24(OH)13Cl25(BO3)2(CO3)1605424
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260540,6054139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1605581725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2860537,60540,60541,60547,60549,60553,60554,6055861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1605506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1605402473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16053721482
Yeomanite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2O(OH)Cl1605422



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