Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 32129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Altenseelbach
Frauenberger Einigkeit Mine (Frauenberg Mine)
Hohenseelbachskopf
Knappschaftsglück Mine
Salchendorf

Latitude: 50°47'26"N
Longitude: 8°0'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.790555555556,8.0038888888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite	Wurtzite	hauchecornite

Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hauchecornite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite Wurtzite hauchecornite

45 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	405	270	1	60821	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	405	270	2	60813,60823	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	1	60817	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	3	60813,60820,60824	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	405	270	2	60817,60821	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	3	60813,60822,60823	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	405	270	2	60813,60824	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	405	270	1	60824	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	405	270	2	60813,60823	5516
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	405	270	1	60818	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	405	270	1	60813	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	6	60813,60815,60818,60822,60823,60826	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	405	270	1	60823	227
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	405	270	1	60817	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	405	270	1	60813	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60813	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	4	60813,60822,60823,60824	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	2	60823,60826	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	405	270	2	60813,60824	30554
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	405	270	1	60824	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	405	270	3	60813,60823,60824	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	405	270	1	60813	1066
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	60823	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	405	270	1	60821	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	2	60815,60826	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	60823	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	405	270	1	60823	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	405	270	2	60823,60824	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	405	270	2	60817,60821	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	1	60824	767
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	405	270	1	60814	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	5	60813,60815,60818,60823,60824	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	405	270	1	60823	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	405	270	2	60813,60824	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	4	60813,60822,60823,60824	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	405	270	1	60815	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	405	270	1	60823	206
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	6	60813,60818,60822,60823,60824,60826	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	405	270	2	60814,60822	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	3	60813,60822,60823	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	405	270	3	60814,60823,60824	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	405	270	1	60824	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	2	60814,60823	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	405	270	3	60813,60822,60824	293
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	405	270	1	60824	297

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
R050247	Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	https://rruff.info/R050247

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