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Locality Name:
Neue Fröhlichkeit Mine, Oder Valley, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 138.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 133.1

mindat Locality ID: 21550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21550.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neue Fröhlichkeit Mine, Oder Valley, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArseniosideriteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineDiasporeLöllingiteMalachiteNickelineNonePerovskite
RocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteVivianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O138.3133.10194
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6138.3133.10919
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4138.3133.1079
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)138.3133.1027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2138.3133.1027198
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O138.3133.10366
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O138.3133.10814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS138.3133.1024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)138.3133.107437
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2138.3133.10201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6138.3133.101066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2138.3133.1012537
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs138.3133.10633
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O138.3133.10124
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2138.3133.10317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3138.3133.10531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS138.3133.1021482


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
Kristen002289138.3133.1135.7±2.640Ar/39Ar adularia  Yes  6009Bergmannstrost Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyBergmannstrost VeinMertz et al. (1989)10.1007/BF00206715MD24_9 

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