Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 29418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alme
Aspe West Mine
Bilstein
Hartsteinwerke Quarry
Kunibert Mine
Lange Riecke
Madfeld
Messinghausen
Rösenbeck
Theresia Mine
Thülen
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 51°24'43"N
Longitude: 8°38'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.411944444444,8.6469444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mendipite ()*	Mereheadite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Yeomanite ()*

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: B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60550	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	60553,60554	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	60536,60537,60540,60541,60543,60547,60550,60553,60554,60558	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60558	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	60553,60554	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	60540,60547,60550,60558	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	60537,60553,60554,60558	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	60540,60547,60558	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	60540,60547,60549,60550,60553,60554,60558	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60542	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	60540	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	60537,60540,60541,60550	5674
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂	1	60542	17
Mereheadite ()*	None	Pb₄₇O₂₄(OH)₁₃Cl₂₅(BO₃)₂(CO₃)	1	60542	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	60540,60541	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	60558	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	60537,60540,60541,60547,60549,60553,60554,60558	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60550	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	60540	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60537	21482
Yeomanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pb₂O(OH)Cl	1	60542	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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