Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 1837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eisleben
Gerbstedt
Helbra
Hettstedt
Mansfeld
Siersleben

Latitude: 51°35'1"N
Longitude: 11°31'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.583611111111,11.518333333333

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	Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Cobaltite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline
Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Ktenasite	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melilite	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zippeite	Zircon

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 Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Cobaltite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline
Diaspore Digenite Enargite Fluorite Gypsum Jalpaite Ktenasite Löllingite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Melilite Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

111 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Boleite ()*	Bornite ()*
Botallackite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Bunsenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Callaghanite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloroxiphite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinosafflorite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cotunnite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Devilline ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Elyite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gordaite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hardystonite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Idaite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*
Liebenbergite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monohydrocalcite ()*	Mullite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Nantokite ()*	Natrozippeite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Retgersite ()*
Safflorite ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spertiniite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Uranopilite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zinc ()*
Zincite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	260	260	0		2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	63429,63430	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	260	2.6	3	63411,63423,63437	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	63411	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	0		3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	0		445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			4	63411,63413,63433,63442	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	0		9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	260	260	0		544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	63429,63430	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	63411	11547
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅			3	63411,63417,63442	45
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	63411	1966
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			1	63430	65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			5	63411,63417,63421,63426,63442	5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	63411	49
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	260	260	0		79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	63413,63425	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	260	260	0		227
Bunsenite ()*	Rocksalt	NiO			1	63425	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	2.6	6	63411,63417,63421,63423,63437,63442	27770
Callaghanite ()*	None	Cu₂Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	63425,63430	9
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	63411	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	63429	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	260	260	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	4	63411,63423,63437,63442	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	63411,63423,63431	27198
Chloroxiphite ()*	None	Pb₃CuO₂Cl₂(OH)₂			1	63431	8
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	63425	3531
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	260	260	0		21
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	260	260	0		966
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	260	260	0		566
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	260	260	5	63413,63425,63429,63430,63437	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	6	63413,63421,63425,63429,63430,63436	3846
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	63425	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	63411,63425	4165
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	260	260	0		54
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	63425,63429,63430	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	63425	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	260	260	0		366
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	63411,63442	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	63411	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	63411	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O			1	63428	50
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	63429	85
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	260	260	0		246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	260	260	0		910
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	0		814
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	260	2.6	2	63430,63438	86
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			2	63429,63430	22
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	63411	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	63425	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	63411,63421	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	63421	7437
Gordaite ()*	Ktenasite	NaZn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O			1	63431	17
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	2.6	6	63411,63413,63421,63423,63431,63436	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	260	260	0		1398
Hardystonite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇			3	63428,63429,63430	14
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	63425	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	63411	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	260	260	0		142
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	260	260	0		116
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O			1	63431	75
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)			2	63429,63430	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			3	63413,63425,63430	593
Liebenbergite ()*	Olivine	Ni₂(SiO₄)			1	63425	4
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O			1	63411	78
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			2	63429,63430	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO			2	63429,63430	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	63413,63423,63429,63442	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	63411	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	63411	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			3	63411,63412,63426	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	63411	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	63411	5800
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O			2	63425,63429	55
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)			1	63424	78
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O			1	63429	58
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl			1	63429	35
Natrozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃·12H₂O	260	260	0		41
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			5	63411,63412,63421,63423,63426	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	63426	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	260	260	0		767
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	260	260	0		144
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	260	260	0		477
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	260	260	0		369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	63411	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	63443	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	63411	233
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	260	260	0		55
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	260	260	0		317
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O	260	260	0		128
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	260	260	5	63413,63429,63430,63431,63436	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	66	2.6	7	63411,63417,63421,63429,63430,63436,63442	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	260	260	0		531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	0		2473
Spertiniite ()*	None	Cu(OH)₂			1	63413	17
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	0		21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	260	260	0		73
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	260	260	0		332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	260	260	0		1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	260	260	0		1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	0		5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	63411	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	260	260	0		890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	260	260	0		94
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	63413	636
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	260	260	0		297
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	260	260	0		70
Zinc ()*	None	Zn			1	63413	52
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	63428	98

2 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-00431	260	260	Permian										Cu	217381	Mansfeld, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	Mansfeld	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	Kristen002525	66	2.6	Tertiary							Yes			Ni, Co, As, Ag, Bi	5566	Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany	Thuringa and Harz Mountains	Kissin (1993)		GC19_113	age of Kobaltrücken that dispalced Kupfershiefer deposits, remobilized components of Kupfershiefer ores

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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