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Locality Name:
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 1919
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1919.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bad Blankenburg
Hockeroda
Kamsdorf
Leutnitz
Saalfeld
Unterwirbach
Wittmannsgereuth

Latitude: 50°37'16"N
Longitude: 11°17'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.621111111111,11.284722222222
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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournonite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpsomiteEttringiteFluoriteGypsumIronKaolinite
LöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyite
StibniteSymplesiteTetrahedriteTurquoiseTyroliteVivianiteVolborthitehauchecornite

95 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Allophane  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Alum-(Na)  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenohauchecornite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bieberite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Destinezite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Giniite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Rapidcreekite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sasaite  (*)Schwertmannite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Vashegyite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O662.616373390
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O163746470
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O16374692
Alum-(Na)  (*)AlumNaAl(SO4)2·12H2O16373112
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2662.6263740,637533092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.6263733,63742445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4662.6163734246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)662.6463733,63734,63738,637463250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs662.6163733379
Arsenohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi18Bi3AsS16662.61637335
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS662.6263733,637489052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O662.6163733143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2662.6463734,63738,63740,637425509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O662.6163733150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.6963733,63734,63738,63740,63742,63743,63746,63748,6374911547
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O662.616373350
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi662.61637331966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4662.6263733,637385516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3662.6263733,637491089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6662.6363733,63734,637461633
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O263746,63747104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.6563734,63738,63740,63742,6374727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)662.61637334979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O662.6163733925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.6663734,63738,63740,63742,63746,6375327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8363748,63750,63753577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.61637331382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O662.61637333531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS662.6163733966
Copper  (*)CopperCu662.6263733,637343846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS662.6263733,637344165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O662.6263733,637342970
Destinezite  (*)NoneFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O16374619
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O263731,6374681
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4163747651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S662.61637331027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2662.6463733,63734,63740,637429895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O16374650
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O163746484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.6263740,63742814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2662.61637339617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.6363733,63749,6375324243
Giniite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+4(PO4)4(OH)2·2H2O1637472
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1637477437
Gold  (*)CopperAu263748,6375030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1637472812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O662.6263733,637476890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.6363733,63748,6375014640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)662.6163733111
Iron  (*)IronFe662.61637361089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61637472228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41637475591
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O662.6163733149
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.6263736,6375014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2662.6463734,63738,63740,6374212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)662.6263733,63734770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2662.6263733,637465674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O163746915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS662.6263733,637381066
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O16374655
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2263747,6375317380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs662.6263733,63742633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3662.6263733,63742176
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O662.6163733105
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)662.6263733,63746140
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O662.6263733,63734309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6963731,63732,63733,63738,63746,63747,63748,63750,6375339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2662.6263733,637343106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6463733,63747,63748,6374961156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2662.6163733233
Rapidcreekite  (*)NoneCa2(SO4)(CO3)·4H2O16374610
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O163747293
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2662.6163733317
Sasaite  (*)NoneAl6(PO4)5(OH)3·36H2O16374611
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O263746,6374737
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O662.61637331153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O662.6263733,63753292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)662.6263733,637496417
Silver  (*)CopperAg662.61637335186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3662.6163733531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.6263733,6375021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3662.61637333418
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O662.6263733,6373890
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)662.6163733589
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.616373392
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13662.61637331803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO662.6263733,637341101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13662.6363740,63742,637535317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O163747183
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O662.6163733433
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O662.6163733484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O662.6163733245
Vashegyite  (*)NoneAl11(PO4)9(OH)6·38H2O16374628
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O163746155
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)662.616373360


1 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
Kristen002525662.6Tertiary       Ni, Co, As, Ag, Bi5566Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, GermanyThuringa and Harz MountainsKissin (1993) GC19_113age of Kobaltrücken that dispalced Kupfershiefer deposits, remobilized components of Kupfershiefer ores

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