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Locality Name:
Oder Adit, 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: 21551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21551.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oder Adit, 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: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCovellite
DevillineGypsumKtenasiteMalachiteMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pitticite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)138.3133.10254
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O138.3133.1033
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2138.3133.102162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)138.3133.102734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O138.3133.10445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS138.3133.109052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4138.3133.105516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)138.3133.1027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)138.3133.104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2138.3133.1027198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6138.3133.10151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS138.3133.104165
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O138.3133.10814
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O138.3133.10303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS138.3133.1024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O138.3133.106890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O138.3133.101689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O138.3133.10103
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6138.3133.102228
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O138.3133.1060
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O138.3133.10593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2138.3133.1012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl138.3133.101107
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs138.3133.10633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)138.3133.10492
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6138.3133.1064
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS138.3133.10767
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)138.3133.10140
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O138.3133.10309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2138.3133.1039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl138.3133.101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2138.3133.1061156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O138.3133.10142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O138.3133.10292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS138.3133.1021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13138.3133.105317


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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