Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Weiße Mine, Hayn, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 255794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weiße Mine, Hayn, 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

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.

Bournonite	Calcite	None	Rocksalt	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: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bournonite Calcite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	296	207	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	296	207	1089
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	207	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	296	207	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	296	207	784
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	207	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	207	21482

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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