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

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

mindat Locality ID: 13524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rottleberode, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Edelweiß Mine
Flußschacht Mine
Gypsum Pit
Luise Mine
Wilhelmine Mine

Latitude: 51°32'31"N
Longitude: 10°58'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.541944444444,10.978055555556
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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichite
DiasporeFluoriteGypsumHydrotalciteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteWoodwardite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2962071633161588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)229620703092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4296207163317246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2962071633173250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2962071633179052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22962071633175509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)296207463314,63315,63317,6331811547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62962071633171633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)211207263315,6331727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2962071633155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296207463314,63315,63317,6331827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu296207263315,633173846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS296207263315,633174165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2962071633172970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2296207163317179
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2211207463314,63315,63317,633189617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296207463314,63315,63317,6331824243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O29620716331768
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)296207463314,63315,63317,633187437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O296207363315,63316,633176890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3296207463314,63315,63317,6331814640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)296207163317581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2296207263315,6331712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)296207163317770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS229620705674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O296207163315915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296207463314,63315,63317,6331839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22962071633173106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S829620709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211207463314,63315,63317,6331861156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O296207163317177
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)296207463314,63315,63317,633186417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296207021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13296207263315,633175317
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)29620716331757


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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