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Locality Name:
Franz-Haniel Mine, Bottrop, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 17713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franz-Haniel Mine, Bottrop, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°32'39"N
Longitude: 6°52'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.544166666667,6.8805555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteGypsumHalotrichiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMetavoltine
MilleriteNonePyriteRocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurTamarugite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Millerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O078
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O073
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087


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