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Locality Name:
Elbingerode, Oberharz Am Brocken, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elbingerode, Oberharz Am Brocken, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Büchenberg Mine
Einheit Mine
Mühlental
Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz)

Latitude: 51°46'58"N
Longitude: 10°47'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.782777777778,10.793611111111

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsum
MelanteriteMilleriteNoneOlivinePyritePyrosmaliteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelSulphurVoltaiteWollastoniteWurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Friedelite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Takanelite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22962891632983092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)296289263298,6330111547
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2296289163300101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296289263298,6330127770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)429628916330183
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296289263298,6330127198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16296289163298599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22962891632989895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22962891632989617
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1029628916330140
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2962891632987437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2962891632992812
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)29628916329872
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2962891632986890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4296289263298,63301350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3296289263297,6329814640
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2296289163298234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429628916329814899
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO29628916330173
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O296289163298915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2962891632981066
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)296289163301186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296289363298,63299,6330139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22962891632983106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296289363298,63300,6330161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)296289363298,63300,633011711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)296289163301969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10296289163298312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2962891632986417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29628916329821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2962891632982045
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O29628916330118
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)296289163301240
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O296289163298111
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS296289163298372



1 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)   


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