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Locality Name:
Loope, Engelskirchen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 29687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loope, Engelskirchen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bliesenbach Mine
Castor Mine

Latitude: 50°58'21"N
Longitude: 7°21'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.9725,7.3655555555556
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 Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapite
CopperCoronaditeCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteKtenasite
LepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1601812734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O160181445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4160181246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1601813250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6160181919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21601815509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260180,6018111547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2160181172
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)416018179
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61601811633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1601814979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260180,6018127198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O160181382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1601813846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6160181151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16160181227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1601814165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1601812970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4160181651
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O16018197
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O160181814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260180,6018124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1601817437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O160181188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS160181717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1601816890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61601811066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O160181593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2160181265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)160181581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2160181987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260180,6018112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21601815674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O160181915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1601811107
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O16018158
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)160181492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS160181767
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O160181309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216018139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21601813106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1601811725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260180,6018161156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O16018168
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O160181142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O160181292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)260180,601816417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4160181249
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1601812473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260180,6018121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1601812045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216018199
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1601811101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131601815317
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O160181636


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