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Locality Name:
Lüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Bensberg, Overath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 17697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17697.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Bensberg, Overath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°56'17"N
Longitude: 7°13'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.938055555556,7.2166666666667
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 Au C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGypsumKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStannite
TetrahedriteUllmanniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6065
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)0299
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293


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