Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zellerfeld Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 255171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zellerfeld Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bleifeld Dump
Kahlenberg District
Neuer Johanneser Shaft
Prophet Samuel Mine

Latitude: 51°49'25"N
Longitude: 10°18'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.823611111111,10.311666666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Coronadite	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Oxalate	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Elyite ()*	Falottaite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H K O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Coronadite Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Linarite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Oxalate Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Tetrahedrite

32 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	219	165	1	59834	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	219	165	1	59834	2734
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	219	165	0		413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	219	165	1	59834	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	219	165	1	59838	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	219	165	1	59834	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	219	165	2	59834,59839	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	219	165	1	59834	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	219	165	2	59834,59838	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	219	165	1	59834	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	219	165	1	59834	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	219	165	1	59834	2970
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	219	165	1	59834	85
Falottaite ()*	Not in a structural group Oxalate	MnC₂O₄·3H₂O	219	165	1	59834	2
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	219	165	2	59834,59838	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	219	165	1	59834	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	219	165	1	59834	6890
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	219	165	1	59834	201
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	219	165	0		2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	219	165	1	59834	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	219	165	1	59834	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	219	165	2	59834,59838	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	219	165	1	59834	17380
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	219	165	1	59834	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	219	165	1	59834	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	219	165	1	59834	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	219	165	1	59834	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	219	165	1	59834	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	219	165	1	59834	177
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	219	165	2	59834,59838	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	219	165	1	59834	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	219	165	1	59838	5317

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
	Co-00075	205	177	191	U-Th-Pb						Yes			Co, Ni, Hg, Cu	21652	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Clausthal/Bad Grund	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
	Co-00076	219	165	192	U-Pb						Yes			Co, Ni, Hg, Cu	21652	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, 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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