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Locality Name:
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°33'11"N
Longitude: 11°5'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.553055555556,11.086111111111
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 F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ClayDadsoniteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteZinkenite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcostibite  (*)Dadsonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Robinsonite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S29620702793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)29620702734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)29620701588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)229620703092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs2962070379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O32962070231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29620709052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)296207011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72962070450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112962070843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS329620701089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)211207027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)29620704979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O42962070352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296207027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS22962070162
Dadsonite  (*)DadsonitePb23Sb25S60Cl296207015
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)229620709895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF221120709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296207024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)29620707437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O29620706890
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19296207038
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142962070784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)429620705591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)29620701487
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32962070511
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S172962070100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296207039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211207061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2962070712
Robinsonite  (*)NonePb4Sb6S13296207039
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S212962070165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32962070179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29620706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296207021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2962070446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S329620703418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2962070589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS29620702045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1329620701803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1329620705317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32962070369
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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