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Locality Name:
Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 218670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hilfe Gottes Mine

Latitude: 51°48'18"N
Longitude: 10°13'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.805,10.223611111111
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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAkrochorditeAluniteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBastnäsiteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeGypsumLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Akrochordite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Y)  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2191651597562793
Akrochordite  (*)AkrochorditeMnMn2Mn2(AsO4)2(OH)4(H2O)42191651597565
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2191651597561588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22191651597563092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb219165159756363
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22191651597565509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)21916515975611547
Bastnäsite-(Y)  (*)BastnäsiteY(CO3)F21916515975610
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11219165159756843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32191651597561089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21916515975627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2191651597561252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2191651597564979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O219165159756925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2191651597565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS221916515975627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2191651597562600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2191651597564165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2191651597562970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22191651597569895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21916515975624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2191651597567437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2191651597566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O321916515975614640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62191651597561066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14219165159756784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62191651597562228
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2219165159756230
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2219165159756234
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)219165159756581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)221916515975612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22191651597565674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg219165159756397
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]219165159756716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3219165159756733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32191651597561425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221916515975639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221916515975661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2191651597566417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2191651597565186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21916515975621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)219165159756446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32191651597563418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)219165159756589
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F21916515975655
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132191651597565317


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
Cu-00009205177191±14U-Th-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00010219165192±27U-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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