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Locality Name:
Dietersdorf, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dietersdorf, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Emilie Mine (Germania)
Schächte Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CubaniteDiasporeGypsumKaňkiteMalachiteMicaNonePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteZinkenite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Villamanínite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2962071633072734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2962071633079052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)29620716330711547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6296207163307413
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11296207163307843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32962071633071089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21120716330727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2962071633074979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229620716330727198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3296207163307802
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8296207163307126
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3296207163307105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1529620716330755
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29620716330724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)29620707437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2962071633076890
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O29620716330738
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)229620716330712537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2296207163307300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2962071633071107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2296207017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS296207163307767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O296207163307124
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)296207163307140
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17296207163307100
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32962071633071425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229620716330739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221120716330761156
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)29620716330730
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2962071633071153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21296207163307165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3296207163307179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2962071633076417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29620716330721482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2962070446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S329620703418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2962071633072045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132962071633075317
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2296207163307106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3296207163307369
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS229620716330710
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42296207163307228


2 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)   
Emily000542211207209±2Rb-Rscalcite-fluorite-quartz mineralization   YesCalcite, Fluorite, Quartz 156280Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyRottleberode-StolbergJens et al. (2003)10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01223-1GCA67_1803 

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