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Locality Name:
Trogtal Quarries, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 1814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1814.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trogtal Quarries, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°53'36"N
Longitude: 10°16'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.893333333333,10.268888888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Sulphur

Aragonite ()*	Bornhardtite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Freboldite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Penroseite ()*	Selenium ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Trogtalite ()*	Umangite ()*

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 Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Se

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Se

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Sulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	270	164	3250
Bornhardtite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂Se₄	270	164	5
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	164	4979
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	270	164	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	164	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	270	164	281
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	270	164	54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	270	164	51
Freboldite ()*	Nickeline	CoSe	270	164	4
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	270	164	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	270	164	14640
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	270	164	15
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	270	164	14
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	270	164	143
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	270	164	83
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	270	164	10
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	270	164	71

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
	Kristen002402	270	164	Late Permian to Late Jurassic											1814	Trogtal Quarries, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Trogtal	Cabral et al. (2012)	10.3190/jgeosci.129	JG57_265

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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