Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Niederschelden, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 34484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niederschelden, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alte Buntekuh Mine
Vereinigte Henriette Mine

Latitude: 50°50'48"N
Longitude: 7°58'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.846666666667,7.9747222222222

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Ktenasite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

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 K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite Copper Covellite Devilline Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Ktenasite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Vivianite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Asbolane ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*
Osarizawaite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Redgillite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Todorokite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	405	270	1	60890	254
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	405	270	1	60890	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	405	270	1	60890	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	1	60890	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	1	60890	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	405	270	1	60890	143
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	405	270	1	60890	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	405	270	1	60890	1633
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	405	270	1	60890	91
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	405	270	1	60890	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	1	60890	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	405	270	1	60890	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	405	270	1	60890	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	405	270	1	60890	109
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	405	270	1	60890	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	405	270	1	60890	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	405	270	1	60890	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60890	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	1	60890	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	1	60890	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	3	60890,60891,60892	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	405	270	1	60890	6890
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	405	270	1	60890	103
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	405	270	1	60890	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	405	270	1	60890	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	405	270	1	60890	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	405	270	1	60890	593
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	405	270	1	60890	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	1	60890	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	60890	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	405	270	1	60890	17380
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	405	270	1	60890	58
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	405	270	1	60890	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	405	270	1	60890	492
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	405	270	1	60890	40
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	405	270	1	60890	64
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	405	270	1	60890	105
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	405	270	1	60890	140
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	405	270	1	60890	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	1	60890	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	1	60890	61156
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	405	270	1	60890	45
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	405	270	1	60890	1711
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	405	270	1	60890	57
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	405	270	1	60890	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	405	270	1	60890	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	1	60890	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	1	60890	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	405	270	1	60890	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	1	60890	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	405	270	1	60890	433
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	405	270	1	60890	95

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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