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Locality Name:
Iberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 219
Youngest recorded age at locality: 165

mindat Locality ID: 191880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Biseschacht
Winterberg Quarry

Latitude: 51°49'19"N
Longitude: 10°14'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.821944444444,10.243611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopper
CorundumDiasporeLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O219165159751470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2191651597512734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22191651597513092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)219165259750,597513250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6219165159751919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22191651597515509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)219165259750,5975111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4219165259750,597515516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62191651597511633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)219165259750,5975127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)219165259750,597514979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2219165259750,5975127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2191651597513531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2191651597512600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82191651597511756
Copper  (*)CopperCu2191651597513846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O219165259750,597512970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2219165259750,597519895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O219165159751814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2191651597512740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS219165259750,5975124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2191651597517437
Gold  (*)CopperAu21916515975130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3219165259750,5975114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2191651597511689
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)21916515975197
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)219165159751581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219165259750,5975112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)219165159751770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22191651597515674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2191651597511107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4219165159751247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)221916515975117380
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O721916515975133
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2219165159751158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219165259750,5975139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2219165259750,597513106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2191651597511725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2219165259750,5975161156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO221916515975188
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O219165159751177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2191651597501711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10219165159751312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)219165259750,597516417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2191651597515186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2191651597512473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21916515975121482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)219165159751589
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13219165259750,597515317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O219165159751433



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cu-00009205177191±14U-Th-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00010219165192±27U-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 


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