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Locality Name:
Bönkhausen, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 279411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bönkhausen, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Churfürst Ernst Mine

Latitude: 51°17'18"N
Longitude: 8°0'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.288333333333,8.0033333333333
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCheniteCopper
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Macphersonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1606582793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1606582734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1606583250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21606585509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16065811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41606585516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61606581633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16065827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6160658359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1606584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1606585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216065827198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)616065840
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1606582600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1606583846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1606584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1606582970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2160658179
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21606589895
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O16065885
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16065824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1606587437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1606581689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2160658201
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)16065897
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2160658265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2160658987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO160658139
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216065811
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216065812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21606585674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO160658202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1606581107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4160658247
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2160658158
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31606581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216065839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1606581725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216065861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1606585186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1606582473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16065821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1606582045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216065899
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1606581101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131606585317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41606581655


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