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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 30841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Berge
Berlar
Bestwig
Ramsbeck
Remblinghausen

Latitude: 51°19'30"N
Longitude: 8°20'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.325,8.3436111111111
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAjoiteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenolite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteCheniteClayConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDevilline
DiasporeDundasiteFluoriteGypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteKtenasiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinarite
LindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteMiniumNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPalmieritePectolitePerovskitePhosphosideritePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltRutileRömeriteSerpentineSkutteruditeSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibnite
SulphurTetrahedriteTurquoiseUllmanniteVivianiteWavelliteWoodwarditeWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

158 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Ajoite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bonattite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bottinoite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Faustite  (*)Ferrarisite  (*)
Ferricopiapite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Imiterite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Monohydrocalcite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Palmierite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Planerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Realgar  (*)Redgillite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Vantasselite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3722171606192793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)372217160619254
Ajoite  (*)AjoiteK3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O37221716061911
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O372217160619470
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O37221716061946
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1606311627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23722171606282162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)372217260622,606232734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23722171606193092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217160623445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)372217260620,606313250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3372217160623231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3722171606239052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6372217160623919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23722171606195509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)372217260619,6063111547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6372217160619413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7372217160619450
Bonattite  (*)NoneCu(SO4)·3H2O37221716062221
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4372217360609,60610,606195516
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O37221716062316
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11372217460621,60622,60623,60629843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3372217360621,60622,606231089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb372217260617,60619175
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4372217260620,6062279
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6372217260622,606241633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2372217160628700
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O160615280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)372217960609,60610,60612,60614,60617,60620,60623,60628,6063127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6372217160622359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)372217460620,60622,60623,606254979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O372217160619925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3722171606195707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O372217260620,6062223
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O372217160619197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O372217160622194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2372217560614,60617,60622,60623,6063127198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2372217160619162
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)637221716062040
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3722171606193531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3722171606192600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O372217160619295
Copper  (*)CopperCu3722171606223846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6372217160619151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3722171606194165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6160615310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3722171606192970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O372217260619,60620366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4372217160619651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2372217760609,60610,60612,60614,60623,60629,606319895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O37221716061997
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O37221716061985
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217160619814
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O16061524
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O0016062311
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O37221716061941
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O37221716061925
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3722171606232740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2260614,606319617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4372217260619,6062449
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS372217960609,60610,60612,60614,60621,60622,60623,60629,6063124243
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)337221716062224
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)372217260619,606227437
Gold  (*)CopperAu37221716061930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3722171606192812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS372217160619717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O372217260620,606246890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O337221716061914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O372217360620,60622,606231689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)637221716061957
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217160619103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63722171606191066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33722171606285433
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2372217260620,6062317
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63722171606192228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43722171606195591
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O37221716061960
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O37221716061975
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O372217260622,60623593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2372217160622265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)372217160619581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2372217360620,60622,60623987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4372217160619249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O437221716061914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)237221716062212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2372217860609,60610,60614,60617,60619,60623,60625,606315674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O372217160619915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS372217460622,60623,60629,606311066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3722171606191107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4372217160619247
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O37221716061955
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)237221716061917380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O372217260620,6062258
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs372217360614,60617,60619633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3372217260617,60619176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)372217160619492
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O372217260619,6062240
Palmierite  (*)PalmieriteK2Pb(SO4)2372217260619,606228
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS372217160620767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217160619124
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)160631363
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O160615182
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17372217260618,60619100
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O16061543
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6372217260619,60622477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]372217160619716
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4372217160619131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O372217160622309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21606311898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3372217160619733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33722171606191425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23722171060609,60610,60612,60614,60617,60618,60620,60621,60623,6063139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23722171606193106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl372217460620,60622,60623,606291725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8372217260619,606319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23722171360612,60614,60615,60618,60619,60620,60621,60622,60623,60625,60626,60628,6063161156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2372217160619233
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O37221716062268
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS372217160619712
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O372217360620,60622,6062545
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O37221716061955
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O37221716061957
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O372217160619115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2372217360620,60622,60623454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O372217160619293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23722171606195614
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O372217360620,60622,60623142
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)37221716061930
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O160631390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3722171606201153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21372217360618,60621,60623165
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O372217260620,60624292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)372217460618,60621,60622,606236417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3722171606195186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3160617531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3722171606222473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O372217360619,60620,60622105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS372217760614,60618,60621,60622,60623,60629,6063121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4372217160619586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S337221716061962
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)372217160623446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31606183418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O160615263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3722171606232045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)237221716062299
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13372217260621,606235317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O372217160619433
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O160615484
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS372217260621,60623293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3372217160620369
Vantasselite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl4(PO4)3(OH)3·9H2O1606155
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O160615301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O372217260615,60619636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O160615374
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)37221716061957
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O37221716062295
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42160618228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3722171606195251


6 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
Co-00071275235255U-Th-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00072289217253U-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00073372352362U-Th-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00074367313340U-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Ni-00003372352362U-Th-Pb    Yes Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Ni-00004367313340U-Pb    Yes Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060263Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R060263

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