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Locality Name:
Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 36448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Heiligenhaus
Neviges
Velbert
Wülfrath

Latitude: 51°19'8"N
Longitude: 7°2'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.318888888889,7.0461111111111

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cl Cu Fe H Hg Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalcite
CaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDevilline
DiasporeFairfielditeGypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteKieseriteKtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteMiniumMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRömeriteScheeliteSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWoodwarditeWurtzite

97 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Roselite-β  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kolwezite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Otavite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1604072793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)260408,60432254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O16040890
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O160432470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)860407,60408,60417,60419,60421,60424,60431,604322734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2360407,60421,604243092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O160422445
Roselite-β  (*)FairfielditeCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O16041421
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4160431246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)660416,60419,60421,60424,60431,604323250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6460407,60408,60421,60432919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2860407,60408,60413,60416,60423,60431,60432,604335509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)360411,60419,6042111547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2260407,60408172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6460407,60408,60416,60419413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6460408,60421,60424,604311633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1260407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60421,60424,60429,60431,60432,6043327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6360408,60419,60421359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1360407,60408,60411,60413,60414,60416,60417,60419,60421,60423,60424,60431,604324979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O260431,60432925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21060407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60421,60424,60431,6043227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1604323531
Copper  (*)CopperCu360424,60431,604323846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6260407,60432151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS660407,60408,60419,60421,60431,604324165
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO216043235
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O660407,60408,60419,60424,60431,604322970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)260407,60413378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O460407,60408,60421,60431366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2260421,604329895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)160407220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O16040785
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O260421,60422814
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O260431,6043241
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1360407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60419,60420,60421,60424,60429,60431,6043224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)960407,60408,60413,60416,60417,60419,60421,60431,604327437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS160432717
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O260424,6043148
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O360421,60431,604326890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3560408,60419,60421,60431,6043214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O560407,60408,60413,60431,604321689
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)160431111
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6260416,6042157
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O260407,60408103
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2160419201
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O16043262
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6260407,604081066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4460408,60419,60421,604325591
Kolwezite  (*)MalachiteCuCo(CO3)(OH)216043110
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O560408,60421,60424,60431,6043275
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O460407,60408,60421,60431593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O160408149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2360407,60419,60421265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)260407,60432581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2560408,60419,60421,60431,60432987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21060407,60408,60413,60416,60421,60423,60424,60431,60432,6043312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2760411,60413,60416,60421,60424,60429,604325674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O260431,60432915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg0397
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS260407,604241066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl660407,60408,60416,60424,60431,604321107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4460407,60417,60419,60432247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)160407362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216040817380
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)316043264
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)260407,60408492
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)16043125
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS260407,60422767
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2160421142
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)160407140
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6260407,60408477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O460408,60421,60431,60432309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2760407,60408,60413,60421,60429,60431,6043239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1060407,60408,60413,60416,60417,60419,60421,60423,60424,604321725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21260407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60421,60424,60429,60431,60432,6043361156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O16042168
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O160432115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2760407,60408,60413,60417,60421,60431,60432454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O160431293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O160408142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O460408,60421,60431,60432292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)560408,60413,60421,60424,604316417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O16043184
Silver  (*)CopperAg1604075186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)660407,60408,60413,60417,60431,604322473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1060407,60408,60411,60413,60417,60419,60421,60429,60431,6043221482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS460407,60408,60419,604322045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O160431139
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131604211803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13260421,604235317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1416041458
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl160407605
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)16040857
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4560407,60416,60417,60423,604241655



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