Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 68712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Velbert, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Eisenberg Mine
Forum Niederberg
Friedrich Mine
Plöger Quarry (Röbbecker Quarry; Sondern Quarry)
Prinz Wilhelm II Mine (Wilhelm II Mine)
Rützkausen
Thekbusch Mine
Vereinigte Glückauf Mine
Wasserfall Quarry

Latitude: 51°20'28"N
Longitude: 7°2'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.341111111111,7.0466666666667

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore	Fairfieldite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Ktenasite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	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 Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Devilline Diaspore Fairfieldite Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Ktenasite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Millerite Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Roselite-β ()*	Aragonite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsbeckite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Theisite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	60417,60419,60421,60424	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	60421,60424	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	60422	445
Roselite-β ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	60414	21
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	60416,60419,60421,60424	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	60421	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	60413,60416,60423	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	60419,60421	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	60416,60419	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	60421,60424	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	60413,60416,60417,60421,60424	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	2	60419,60421	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	8	60413,60414,60416,60417,60419,60421,60423,60424	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	60413,60416,60417,60421,60424	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	60424	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	60419,60421	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	60419,60424	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	60413	378
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	60421	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60421	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	60421,60422	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	60413,60416,60417,60419,60420,60421,60424	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	60413,60416,60417,60419,60421	7437
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	1	60424	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	60421	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	60419,60421	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	60413	1689
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	2	60416,60421	57
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60419	201
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	60419,60421	5591
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	2	60421,60424	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	60421	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	60419,60421	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	60419,60421	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	60413,60416,60421,60423,60424	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	60413,60416,60421,60424	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60424	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	60416,60424	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	2	60417,60419	247
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	60422	767
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	60421	142
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	60421	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	60413,60421	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	7	60413,60416,60417,60419,60421,60423,60424	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	60413,60416,60417,60421,60424	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	1	60421	68
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	60413,60417,60421	454
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	60421	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	60413,60421,60424	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	60413,60417	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	60413,60417,60419,60421	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	60419	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	60421	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	60421,60423	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	1	60414	58
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4	60416,60417,60423,60424	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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