Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brachmannsberg Mine, Siptenfelde, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21659.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brachmannsberg Mine, Siptenfelde, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	Epsomite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Lillianite	Malachite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Anglesite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Lillianite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rozenite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Diaspore Epsomite
Fluorite Gypsum Lillianite Malachite Melanterite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Starkeyite Stibnite Tetradymite

23 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
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	296	289	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	296	289	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	296	289	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	296	289	1756
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	296	289	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	296	289	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	296	289	6890
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	296	289	54
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	296	289	128
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	296	289	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	296	289	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	296	289	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	296	289	293
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	296	289	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	21482

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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