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Locality Name:
Hüttenrode, Blankenburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 215838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hüttenrode, Blankenburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Braunesumpf Mine
Herzog Carl Mine

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeDufréniteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)29628916322111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296289263221,6322227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229628916322227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8296289163221577
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2962891632222970
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O296289163221139
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2962891632217437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O329628916322114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429628916322114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)229628916322212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296289263221,6322239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296289263221,6322261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22962891632215614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)296289263221,632226417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29628916322121482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2962891632221101


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
Hg-00077296289 U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr    YesCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, TischendorfiteHg22226Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)   

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