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Locality Name:
August Bebel Smelter (Kochhütte Smelter) Slag Locality, Helbra, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 35814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "August Bebel Smelter (Kochhütte Smelter) Slag Locality, Helbra, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°32'42"N
Longitude: 11°29'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.545,11.485555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrochantiteConnelliteCopperCovelliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneRocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Brochantite  (*)Bunsenite  (*)Callaghanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Langite  (*)Liebenbergite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Bunsenite  (*)RocksaltNiO08
Callaghanite  (*)NoneCu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2H2O09
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2054
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O20144
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Liebenbergite  (*)OlivineNi2(SiO4)04
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O055


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