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:
Altweilnau, Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 31922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altweilnau, Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Emilie II Mine
Hirschberger Bleizeche
Königsholz Mine
Wolfskaute Mine

Latitude: 50°18'57"N
Longitude: 8°25'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.315833333333,8.4205555555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore Linarite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	59096	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	59096	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59096	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	59095,59096,59098	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	59095,59096	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	59095,59096	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	59096	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	59096	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	59095,59096,59098	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59095	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	59096	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	59095,59096	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	59095,59096	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	59096	1107
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	59095,59096,59098	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	59095,59096,59098	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	59096	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59096	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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