Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Großer Auerberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21651.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Footpath To The Joseph's Cross
Quarry At The Holzchaussee

Latitude: 51°35'7"N
Longitude: 11°0'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.585277777778,11.009722222222

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Tourmaline	Wavellite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Hematite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Variscite ()*
Wavellite ()*

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 B Ba C Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Sulphur Tourmaline Wavellite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	296	207	1	63310	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	296	207	1	63310	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	296	207	1	63310	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	296	207	1	63310	1089
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	296	207	1	63310	121
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	296	207	1	63310	14640
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	296	207	1	63310	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	207	1	63310	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	211	207	2	63309,63310	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	296	207	1	63310	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	207	1	63310	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	207	1	63310	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	296	207	1	63310	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	296	207	1	63310	2045
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	296	207	1	63310	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	296	207	1	63310	374

2 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)
	Emily000542	211	207	209±2	Rb-Rs	calcite-fluorite-quartz mineralization					Yes		Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz		156280	Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	Rottleberode-Stolberg	Jens et al. (2003)	10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01223-1	GCA67_1803

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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