Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 138.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 133.1

mindat Locality ID: 6014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°42'47"N
Longitude: 10°30'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.713055555556,10.516111111111

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	Allargentum	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cubanite	Devilline	Fluorite	Garnet	Gmelinite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Heulandite
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Bournonite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Copper Cubanite Devilline Fluorite Garnet Gmelinite Gypsum Harmotome Heulandite
Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antimony ()*
Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Bournonite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Claudetite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Devilline ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Guérinite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Phaunouxite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rauenthalite ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rösslerite ()*	Samsonite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibarsen ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Xanthoconite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	138.3	133.1	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	138.3	133.1	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	138.3	133.1	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	138.3	133.1	1588
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	138.3	133.1	363
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	138.3	133.1	53
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	138.3	133.1	379
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	138.3	133.1	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	138.3	133.1	175
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	138.3	133.1	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	138.3	133.1	1382
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	138.3	133.1	35
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	138.3	133.1	802
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	366
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	138.3	133.1	180
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	138.3	133.1	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	138.3	133.1	24243
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	138.3	133.1	25
Guérinite ()*	None	Ca₅(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·9H₂O	138.3	133.1	31
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	138.3	133.1	290
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	138.3	133.1	246
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	201
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	138.3	133.1	230
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	138.3	133.1	300
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	138.3	133.1	105
Phaunouxite ()*	None	Ca₃(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	138.3	133.1	14
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	138.3	133.1	99
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	138.3	133.1	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	138.3	133.1	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	138.3	133.1	1425
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	138.3	133.1	1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	138.3	133.1	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	138.3	133.1	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	138.3	133.1	61156
Rauenthalite ()*	None	Ca₃(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	138.3	133.1	23
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	138.3	133.1	57
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	454
Rösslerite ()*	None	Mg(AsO₃OH)·7H₂O	138.3	133.1	16
Samsonite ()*	None	Ag₄MnSb₂S₆	138.3	133.1	7
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	138.3	133.1	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	2473
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	138.3	133.1	586
Stibarsen ()*	Arsenic	SbAs	138.3	133.1	48
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	589
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	138.3	133.1	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	138.3	133.1	5317
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	138.3	133.1	89

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
	Kristen002289	138.3	133.1	135.7±2.6	40Ar/39Ar			adularia			Yes				6009	Bergmannstrost Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Bergmannstrost Vein	Mertz et al. (1989)	10.1007/BF00206715	MD24_9

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060998	Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	https://rruff.info/R060998

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