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Locality Name:
Wadern, Saarland, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 133580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadern, Saarland, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Krettnich
Losheim
Nunkirchen
Wadrill Valley

Latitude: 49°31'57"N
Longitude: 6°53'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.5325,6.8894444444444
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 As Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCoronaditeCorundum
DescloiziteDiasporeMalachiteNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteQuartzRutileSpinel
TetrahedriteVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Krettnichite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tokyoite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2261931,619332162
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O161932150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16192911547
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)16192915
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2261931,61933700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)261929,6193227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216193227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41619313902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81619311756
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16161929599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2261929,619329895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O161932814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1619327437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3361931,61932,6193314640
Krettnichite  (*)NatrochalcitePbMn3+2(VO4)2(OH)21619292
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2261929,6193212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)161929770
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)161929362
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)16192921
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21619293106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2461929,61931,61932,6193361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21619315614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1619326417
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131619291803
Tokyoite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Mn3+(VO4)2OH1619299
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O161932185


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