Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hohe Warte Mine, Hagental, Gernrode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 21554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hohe Warte Mine, Hagental, Gernrode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Wollastonite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite
Wollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	296	289	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	296	289	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	296	289	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	296	289	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	4165
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	296	289	54
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	296	289	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	296	289	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	296	289	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	296	289	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	296	289	5674
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	296	289	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	296	289	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	289	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	21482
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	296	289	1247

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
	Hg-00077	296	289		U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Tischendorfite	Hg	22226	Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany		Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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