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:
Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 31818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Amalie Mine
Auguststollen Mine
Beilstein Mine
Diabase Quarry
Falkenstein Mine
Friedrichszug Mine
Handstein Mine
Hilfe Gottes Mine
Königszug Mine
Ypsilanta Mine

Latitude: 50°45'7"N
Longitude: 8°21'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.751944444444,8.365

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Epsomite	Gypsum	Malachite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vivianite	Wavellite

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Inesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Epsomite Gypsum Malachite Millerite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vivianite Wavellite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	59142,59148	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59147	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	59142,59144,59146,59148	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	59147	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	59142,59143,59144,59147,59148	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	59142,59144,59147,59148	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	59148	577
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	59147	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	59142,59147,59148	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	59143	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59147	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59147	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59148	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59148	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	59142,59143,59144,59147,59148	14640
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	59147	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	59147,59148	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	59142,59148	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	59147	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	59147	84
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	59147	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	59147	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	59147	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	59142,59144,59147,59148	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	59147	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	59142,59144,59146,59147,59148	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	59142,59147,59148	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	59147	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59147	21482
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	59142,59148	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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