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Locality Name:
Neudorf, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 207

mindat Locality ID: 1821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neudorf, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Biwend Shaft
Front Birbaum Shafts
Glasebach Adit
Glücksstern Mine
Hasenschacht
Marie Anna Mine
Meiseberg Mine
Pfaffenberg Mine
Rear Birnbaum Shafts

Latitude: 51°36'50"N
Longitude: 11°5'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.613888888889,11.092222222222
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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteColumbite
DevillineDigeniteFluoriteGypsumLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWavellite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Digenite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S296207263269,632702793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)296207363266,63269,632702734
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4263207263269,6327088
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2296207363266,63269,632703092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2962071632703250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS296207263269,632709052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2263207363266,63269,632705509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11296207263269,63270843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3263207363266,63269,632701089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296207463266,63267,63269,6327027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)296207363266,63269,632704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2263207463266,63267,63269,6327027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS263207263269,63270966
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S263207263269,632701027
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)296207263269,63270551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2296207463266,63267,63269,632709617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12263207363266,63269,63270663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296207363266,63269,6327024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2962071632706890
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)296207263269,63270469
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14296207263269,63270784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2296207263269,63270762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2263207463266,63267,63269,6327012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2296207263269,632705674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS263207263269,632701066
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O263207163270309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296207363266,63269,6327039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22962071632673106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl296207263269,632701725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8296207263269,632709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296207463266,63267,63269,6327061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)296207363266,63269,632704894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O263207163270292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)296207463266,63267,63269,632706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296207363266,63269,6327021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3296207263269,632703418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13263207263269,632701803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13263207363266,63269,632705317
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O296207263269,63270374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4263207263269,632701655


3 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
Hg-00077296289 U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr    YesCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, TischendorfiteHg22226Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)   
Co-00063263239251U-Th-Pb      Co, Ni, Mo, Cu1821Neudorf, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyStraßberg-NeudorfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00064251207229U-Pb      Co, Ni, Mo, Cu1821Neudorf, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyStraßberg-NeudorfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050364Neudorf, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R050364

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