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Locality Name:
Kahlenberg District, Zellerfeld Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 222347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kahlenberg District, Zellerfeld Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Caroline Mine
Grüne Tanne Mine
Kahlenbergsglück Mine

Latitude: 51°50'24"N
Longitude: 10°21'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.84,10.356111111111
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CoronaditeCovelliteDiasporeGypsumLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOxalate
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutile

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Falottaite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S21916502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)21916502734
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)621916501633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62191650359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)21916504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S21916505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2219165027198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162191650227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS21916504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O21916502970
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O219165085
Falottaite  (*)Not in a structural group OxalateMnC2O4·3H2O21916502
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS219165024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)21916507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O21916506890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22191650201
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2191650593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22191650987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219165012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219165017380
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O7219165033
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219165039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO221916503106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl21916501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2219165061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O2191650177
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)21916506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg21916505186


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

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