Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 31613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Braache Mine (Neue Braache Mine)
Günsen
Kirchhundem
Neuenkleusheim
Olpe
Rehringhausen
Rhonard Mine
Seltermicke Mine
Wenden

Latitude: 51°3'37"N
Longitude: 8°1'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.060277777778,8.0166666666667

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Domeykite	Enargite	Epsomite	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Domeykite Enargite Epsomite Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Copper ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Enargite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Linarite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Millerite ()*
Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Olivenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	405	270	2	60841,60856	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	2	60852,60856	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	1	60838	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	405	270	1	60841	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	4	60838,60841,60852,60856	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	405	270	1	60838	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	405	270	1	60856	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	405	270	1	60841	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	1	60856	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	405	270	1	60841	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	405	270	3	60838,60841,60856	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	7	60830,60834,60838,60841,60844,60852,60859	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	405	270	1	60834	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	405	270	2	60841,60856	2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	405	270	1	60841	127
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	405	270	1	60841	3846
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	405	270	1	60841	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	405	270	1	60841	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	405	270	2	60841,60852	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	405	270	1	60841	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	405	270	1	60841	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60856	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	405	270	1	60834	73
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	405	270	1	60838	910
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	1	60856	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	5	60838,60841,60844,60852,60856	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	2	60841,60859	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	405	270	2	60841,60852	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	405	270	1	60841	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	60841	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	405	270	2	60841,60856	987
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	405	270	1	60841	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	4	60834,60841,60856,60859	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	405	270	2	60841,60856	397
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	405	270	2	60852,60856	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	405	270	2	60841,60856	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	405	270	1	60841	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	405	270	2	60841,60852	633
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	405	270	1	60841	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	2	60852,60856	767
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	405	270	1	60854	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	2	60841,60856	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	405	270	2	60841,60859	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	405	270	1	60841	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	6	60832,60838,60841,60852,60856,60859	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	405	270	1	60859	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	6	60830,60838,60841,60844,60852,60856	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	405	270	2	60841,60856	249
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	405	270	1	60856	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	4	60838,60841,60852,60856	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	405	270	1	60841	446
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	405	270	1	60852	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	2	60841,60856	5317

1 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
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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