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Locality Name:
Aurora Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 205227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205227.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aurora Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BournoniteCalciteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteUllmannite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113722170843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS337221701089
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS372217024243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2372217039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2372217061156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S213722170165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)37221706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS372217021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1337221705317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3722170293


6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Co-00071275235255U-Th-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00072289217253U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00073372352362U-Th-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00074367313340U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Ni-00003372352362U-Th-Pb    Yes Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Ni-00004367313340U-Pb    Yes Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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