Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Altenseelbach, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 32148
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32148.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altenseelbach, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Große Burg Mine

Latitude: 50°46'47"N
Longitude: 7°59'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.779722222222,7.9944444444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60813	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	1	60813	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	1	60813	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	405	270	1	60813	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	405	270	1	60813	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	405	270	1	60813	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	1	60813	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	405	270	1	60813	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	1	60813	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	1	60813	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	405	270	1	60813	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	405	270	1	60813	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	405	270	1	60813	1066
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	405	270	1	60814	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	1	60813	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	405	270	1	60813	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	1	60813	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	1	60813	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	405	270	1	60814	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	1	60813	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	405	270	1	60814	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	1	60814	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	405	270	1	60813	293

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

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