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Locality Name:
Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 146102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Copper Slate Deposits
Copper Smelter Slag Locality
Obersdorf

Latitude: 51°29'32"N
Longitude: 11°17'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.492222222222,11.298055555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Gypsum	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Anhydrite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*
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: Ag As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite Gypsum Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Vivianite

21 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	260	260	1	63455	1588
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	63453	445
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	2	63455,63456	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	4	63453,63455,63456,63460	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1	63455	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	63455	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	1	63456	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	63453	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	260	260	1	63453	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	260	260	2	63455,63456	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	63456	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	1	63455	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	2	63453,63456	6890
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	260	260	1	63455	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	260	260	1	63456	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	260	260	1	63455	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	260	260	1	63455	176
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	63456	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	260	260	1	63455	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	260	260	1	63455	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	2	63455,63456	21482

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
	sedcu-00433	260	260	Permian										Cu	146102	Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	Sangerhausen	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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