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Locality Name:
Tilkerode (Abberode), Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 16012
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16012.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tilkerode (Abberode), Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eskaborn Adit

Latitude: 51°38'2"N
Longitude: 11°19'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.633888888889,11.3175

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chrisstanleyite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Fluorite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Athabascaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*
Bornhardtite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Freboldite ()*
Geffroyite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Penroseite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stilleite ()*	Temagamite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Tischendorfite ()*
Trogtalite ()*	Trüstedtite ()*	Umangite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Urvantsevite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Se Si Te U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chrisstanleyite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Fluorite Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

45 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	296	289	1	63366	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	0		3250
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄	296	289	0		18
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	296	289	0		11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	296	289	0		66
Bornhardtite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂Se₄	296	289	0		5
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	296	289	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	1	63366	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	0		27198
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Ag₂Pd₃Se₄	296	289	1	63366	6
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	296	289	1	63366	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	296	289	0		1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	296	289	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	0		4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	296	289	0		9895
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	296	289	1	63366	26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	296	289	0		54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	296	289	0		51
Freboldite ()*	Nickeline	CoSe	296	289	0		4
Geffroyite ()*	Pentlandite	(Cu,Fe,Ag)₉Se₈	296	289	0		10
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	296	289	1	63366	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	296	289	1	63366	14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	296	289	0		63
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	296	289	0		1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	296	289	0		5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	296	289	0		915
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	296	289	0		192
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	296	289	0		14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	1	63366	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	0		61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	296	289	0		143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	289	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	0		21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	296	289	1	63366	75
Stilleite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnSe	296	289	0		7
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	296	289	0		24
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	296	289	1	63366	83
Tischendorfite ()*	None	Pd₈Hg₃Se₉	296	289	1	63366	2
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	296	289	0		10
Trüstedtite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂Se₄	296	289	0		4
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	296	289	0		71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	296	289	0		2718
Urvantsevite ()*	None	Pd(Bi,Pb)₂	296	289	0		4

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
	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)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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