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Locality Name:
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 6016
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6016.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°48'19"N
Longitude: 10°13'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.805277777778,10.223611111111
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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr Y Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAkrochorditeAluniteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBastnäsiteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeGypsumLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Akrochordite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Y)  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S21916502793
Akrochordite  (*)AkrochorditeMnMn2Mn2(AsO4)2(OH)4(H2O)421916505
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)21916501588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)221916503092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2191650363
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)221916505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)219165011547
Bastnäsite-(Y)  (*)BastnäsiteY(CO3)F219165010
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112191650843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS321916501089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)219165027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)21916501252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)21916504979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2191650925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S21916505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2219165027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS21916502600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS21916504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O21916502970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)221916509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS219165024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)21916507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O21916506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3219165014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)621916501066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142191650784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)621916502228
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS22191650230
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)22191650234
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2191650581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219165012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS221916505674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2191650397
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2191650716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32191650733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS321916501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219165039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2219165061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)21916506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg21916505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS219165021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2191650446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S321916503418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2191650589
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F219165055
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1321916505317


2 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
Cu-00009205177191±14U-Th-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00010219165192±27U-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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