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Locality Name:
Herzog Shaft, Straßberg, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herzog Shaft, Straßberg, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, 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 Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)229628903092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29628909052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)229628905509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296289027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296289027198
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2962890366
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229628909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296289024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2296289012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS229628905674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296289039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S829628909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296289061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)29628904894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29628906417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296289021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1329628901803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1329628905317


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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