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Locality Name:
Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 219
Youngest recorded age at locality: 165

mindat Locality ID: 6019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6019.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°49'36"N
Longitude: 10°14'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.826666666667,10.234722222222

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Lanarkite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Corundum Diaspore Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	219	165	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	219	165	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	219	165	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	219	165	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	219	165	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	219	165	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	219	165	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	219	165	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	219	165	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	219	165	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	219	165	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	219	165	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	219	165	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	219	165	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	219	165	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	219	165	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	219	165	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	219	165	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	219	165	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	219	165	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	219	165	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	219	165	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	219	165	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	219	165	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	219	165	1689
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	219	165	97
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	219	165	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	219	165	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	219	165	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	219	165	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	219	165	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	219	165	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	219	165	17380
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	219	165	33
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	219	165	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	219	165	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	219	165	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	219	165	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	219	165	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	219	165	88
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	219	165	177
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	219	165	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	219	165	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	219	165	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	219	165	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	219	165	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	219	165	589
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	219	165	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	219	165	433

2 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
	Cu-00009	205	177	191±14	U-Th-Pb						Yes			Hg, Cu	28797	Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Clausthal/Bad Grund	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
	Cu-00010	219	165	192±27	U-Pb						Yes			Hg, Cu	28797	Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Clausthal/Bad Grund	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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