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Locality Name:
St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 16081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°47'28"N
Longitude: 10°24'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.791111111111,10.410277777778
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Berzelianite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)219165066
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS321916501089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)621916501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)219165027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2219165027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O21916503531
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2191650281
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2191650366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS219165024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O21916506890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142191650784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219165012537
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2191650192
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219165039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2219165061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS219165021482
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe219165083


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
Co-00075205177191U-Th-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Hg, Cu21652Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00076219165192U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Hg, Cu21652Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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