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

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

mindat Locality ID: 235481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schächte Mine, Dietersdorf, Stolberg, 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
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCubanite
GypsumKaňkiteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite
VivianiteWurtziteZinkenite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Kaňkite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)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)29620702734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29620709052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)296207011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62962070413
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112962070843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS329620701089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)211207027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)29620704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296207027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32962070802
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S82962070126
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS32962070105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15296207055
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296207024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O29620706890
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O296207038
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2296207012537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS22962070300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl29620701107
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2962070767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O2962070124
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)2962070140
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S172962070100
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS329620701425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296207039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211207061156
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)296207030
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O29620701153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S212962070165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32962070179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29620706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296207021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS29620702045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1329620705317
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS22962070106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32962070369
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS2296207010
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S422962070228


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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