Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 29895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grevenbrück Quarry
Meggen Mine

Latitude: 51°8'20"N
Longitude: 8°2'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.138888888889,8.035

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Marcasite	Melanterite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Allophane ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite Marcasite Melanterite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	393	383	1	60592	470
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	383	1	60592	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	393	383	1	60592	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	383	2	60591,60592	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	383	2	60591,60592	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	393	383	1	60592	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	383	2	60591,60592	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	383	1	60592	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	60591	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	393	383	1	60592	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	393	383	1	60592	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	60591	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	393	383	2	60591,60592	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	393	383	1	60592	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	383	2	60591,60592	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	383	2	60591,60592	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	383	1	60592	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	393	383	1	60592	1803

2 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
	sedexmvt-00122	393	383	Middle Devonian		host rock age									14842	Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Meggen	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00208	388	383	Middle Devonian,uppermost Givetian											14842	Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Meggen	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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