Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Güntersberge, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 223877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Güntersberge, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Agezucht Mine
Anna Mine
Bärenrode
Gieseckengrube
Hirschbüchenkopf Mine
Reichenberg Vein (Am Reichen Berge Mine)

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Jarosite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Opal ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Fluorite None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	296	289	1	63243	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	296	289	1	63246	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	296	289	2	63241,63243	9052
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	296	289	1	63246	413
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	296	289	1	63241	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	1	63245	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	1	63246	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	2	63241,63245	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	296	289	1	63246	577
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	1	63241	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	296	289	1	63243	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	296	289	1	63246	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	296	289	1	63245	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	4	63241,63243,63245,63246	24243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	296	289	1	63246	2228
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	296	289	1	63246	1107
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	296	289	1	63245	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	296	289	1	63243	428
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	296	289	1	63246	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	3	63241,63243,63245	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	4	63241,63243,63245,63246	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	296	289	1	63243	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	3	63241,63243,63246	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	296	289	1	63241	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	296	289	1	63243	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	296	289	1	63243	2562

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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