Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rinder Shafts ("Frohe Zukunft Mine"), Straßberg, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rinder Shafts ("Frohe Zukunft Mine"), 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

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stolzite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Caledonite Carminite
Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	296	289	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	296	289	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	296	289	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	296	289	9052
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	296	289	413
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	296	289	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	296	289	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	296	289	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	296	289	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	296	289	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	296	289	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	296	289	1107
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	296	289	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	296	289	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	289	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	296	289	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	296	289	156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	296	289	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	296	289	1655

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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