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

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

mindat Locality ID: 215847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blankenburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hüttenrode
Michaelstein

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Feldspar
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 K Mg O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dufrénite Feldspar
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	296	289	1	63223	2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	296	289	1	63223	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	296	289	1	63221	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	4	63220,63221,63222,63223	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	1	63222	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	296	289	1	63221	577
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	296	289	1	63223	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	296	289	1	63223	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	296	289	1	63222	2970
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	296	289	1	63221	139
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	296	289	1	63223	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	1	63221	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	296	289	1	63221	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	296	289	1	63223	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	296	289	1	63223	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	296	289	1	63221	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	296	289	1	63222	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	296	289	1	63223	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	4	63220,63221,63222,63223	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	4	63220,63221,63222,63223	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	296	289	2	63221,63223	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	289	2	63221,63222	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	296	289	1	63223	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	1	63221	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	296	289	1	63223	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	296	289	1	63223	978
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	296	289	1	63222	1101
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	296	289	1	63223	5251

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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