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Locality Name:
Wellmich, St Goarshausen, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 36309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellmich, St Goarshausen, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
August Mine (Äquivalentstollen)
Prinzenstein Mine (Gute Hoffnung Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKtenasite
LepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMiniumNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTyroliteWurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1595188803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1595182734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21595183092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1595183250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6159518919
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61595181633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15951827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1595184979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2259518,5951927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1595183531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O159518382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1595184165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4159518651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2259518,595199895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F259518,595192740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS259518,5951924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1595187437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1595182812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS159518717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1595186890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O159518409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315951814640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61595181066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41595185591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O159518593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)159518581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2159518987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215951812537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1595181066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1595181508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215951817380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O15951858
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O159518309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31595181425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2259518,5951939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2259518,5951961156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O15951868
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2159518454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O159518142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)259518,595196417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1595185186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1595182473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS259518,5951921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1595182045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21595183337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131595181803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O159518245


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