Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Helbra, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 192647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Helbra, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
August Bebel Smelter (Kochhütte Smelter) Slag Locality
Hans Seidel Shaft (Graf Von Hohenthal Shaft)

Latitude: 51°33'2"N
Longitude: 11°30'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.550555555556,11.502777777778

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.

Allophane	Brochantite	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Skutterudite

Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bunsenite ()*	Callaghanite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Langite ()*	Liebenbergite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Mullite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Brochantite Connellite Copper Covellite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite
Pyroxene Rocksalt Skutterudite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	63426	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	63425	1633
Bunsenite ()*	Rocksalt	NiO	1	63425	8
Callaghanite ()*	None	Cu₂Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	63425	9
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	63425	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	63425	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	63425	3846
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	63425	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	63425	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	63425	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	63425	144
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	63425	1188
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	63425	741
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	63425	593
Liebenbergite ()*	Olivine	Ni₂(SiO₄)	1	63425	4
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	63426	161
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	1	63425	55
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	0		78
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	63426	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	63426	176

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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