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:
St Andreaskreuz Mine, Beerberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 138.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 133.1

mindat Locality ID: 13510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Andreaskreuz Mine, Beerberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, 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.

Acanthite	Analcime	Apophyllite	Calcite	Copper	Fluorite	Harmotome	Heulandite	None	Stibnite
Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Harmotome ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Metastibnite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Silver ()*

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 H K Na O Pb S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Apophyllite Calcite Copper Fluorite Harmotome Heulandite None Stibnite
Xanthoconite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	138.3	133.1	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	138.3	133.1	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	27770
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	138.3	133.1	9617
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	138.3	133.1	290
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	138.3	133.1	246
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	138.3	133.1	149
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	265
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	138.3	133.1	87
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	138.3	133.1	733
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	138.3	133.1	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	138.3	133.1	5186

1 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
	Kristen002289	138.3	133.1	135.7±2.6	40Ar/39Ar			adularia			Yes				6009	Bergmannstrost Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Bergmannstrost Vein	Mertz et al. (1989)	10.1007/BF00206715	MD24_9

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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