Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hasselfelde, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 211579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hasselfelde, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bärenhöhe Carlsturm
Herzog Leopold Mine
Herzog Ludwig Unterm Unterberg Mine
Herzogin Marianne Mine
Unterberg Quarry

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	None

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore None

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Strengite ()*

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
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	296	289	1	63290	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	1	63292	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	1	63292	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	1	63290	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	296	289	1	63292	14640
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	296	289	1	63290	263

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
	Hg-00077	296	289		U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Tischendorfite	Hg	22226	Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany		Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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