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Locality Name:
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 219
Youngest recorded age at locality: 165

mindat Locality ID: 21652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bockswies Veins
Burgstatt Veins
Hut Valley
Rosenhof Veins
Zellerfeld Veins

Latitude: 51°48'30"N
Longitude: 10°23'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.808333333333,10.389722222222
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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Hg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAncyliteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryte
BournoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteCheniteChlorite
ClayConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeDundasite
GadoliniteGypsumHopeiteHydrotalciteIlvaiteKaoliniteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMicaMiniumMixiteNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalateParahopeitePhosphosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelane
SulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

140 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Allophane  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsentsumebite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barysilite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Datolite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Eskebornite  (*)Falottaite  (*)
Ferrihydrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Gysinite-(Nd)  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Hopeite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ianbruceite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Ktenasite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Redgillite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rosickýite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Vaterite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2191651598342793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)219165159809254
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O21916515980943
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O21916515980990
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O219165159809470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)219165359809,59812,598342734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2191651598181588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22191651598093092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O219165159809445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2191651598093250
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)21916515980937
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6219165159809919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22191651598095509
Barysilite  (*)NonePb8Mn(Si2O7)32191651598099
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)219165259816,5982011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2219165159809172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6219165159809132
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)219165259818,5982466
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6219165159832413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7219165159809450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42191651598095516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3219165459809,59815,59818,598241089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)421916515980979
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6219165559809,59812,59824,59832,598341633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2191651059807,59808,59809,59812,59815,59818,59824,59826,59828,5983827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6219165359809,59812,59834359
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4219165159818154
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2191651598181252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)219165659808,59809,59812,59832,59834,598394979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O219165159809925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O21916515980991
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S219165259809,598345707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O21916515980923
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2219165959808,59809,59815,59818,59820,59821,59824,59834,5983827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8219165159826577
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)621916515980940
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O219165259809,598243531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2191651598182600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe219165259818,59824281
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O219165159812295
Copper  (*)CopperCu2191651598093846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6219165159809151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16219165159834227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS219165259809,598344165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16219165159809599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O219165359809,59812,598342970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2219165159809179
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)219165159826498
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O219165259809,59824366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2219165259818,598309895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)219165159809220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O21916515980997
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O219165259809,5983485
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe221916515981826
Falottaite  (*)Not in a structural group OxalateMnC2O4·3H2O2191651598342
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)221916515980986
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2191651059808,59809,59815,59818,59822,59823,59824,59830,59834,5983824243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3219165159809504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)219165259809,598347437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS219165159809717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O219165459809,59812,59824,598346890
Gysinite-(Nd)  (*)AncylitePbNd(CO3)2(OH)·H2O2191651598094
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3219165359809,59818,5982614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2191651598091689
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O219165159809144
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O21916515980929
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2219165259809,59834201
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)421916515980987
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62191651598091066
Ianbruceite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn2(AsO4)(OH)(H2O)·2H2O2191651598096
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)219165159826197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14219165259818,59824784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62191651598322228
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se621916515981863
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O21916515980960
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O21916515980975
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)21916515980997
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O219165359809,59812,59834593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2219165159812265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2219165459809,59812,59832,59834987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO219165159809139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219165859808,59809,59812,59820,59821,59824,59834,5983812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22191651598305674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO219165159809202
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl21916515980932
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O219165159812915
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS2191650255
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O21916515980927
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2191651598091107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4219165159809247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219165259809,5983417380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O21916515980958
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se219165259818,59824192
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2191650471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)219165159809492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2191651598092994
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O21916515980940
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O721916515983433
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O21916515980911
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O219165159809124
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)621916515980951
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2219165159809158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6219165159809170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6219165159809477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O219165159809309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219165559809,59815,59818,59824,5983439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2219165259809,598343106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl219165659808,59809,59820,59821,59822,598341725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22191651159808,59809,59815,59818,59820,59821,59822,59823,59824,59826,5983461156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O21916515980968
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O219165159834177
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O21916515980945
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2191651598091711
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O21916515980957
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2219165159809454
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS21916515980922
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O219165259809,59812142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2191651598091153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6219165159809134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O219165159809292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)219165559815,59818,59830,59834,598386417
Silver  (*)CopperAg219165259809,598345186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2191651598092473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O219165159809105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS219165759808,59809,59812,59815,59818,59824,5983021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2821916515980973
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O219165159826456
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)219165159816589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS219165259809,598122045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2219165259809,5981299
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2191651598091101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13219165459815,59820,59821,598385317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1421916515980958
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe219165259818,5982483
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O219165159809433
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)21916515980937
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O219165159809636
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O21916515980995
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S821916515980970
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)21916515980960


2 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
Co-00075205177191U-Th-Pb      Co, Ni, Hg, Cu21652Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00076219165192U-Pb      Co, Ni, Hg, Cu21652Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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