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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


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

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

mindat Locality ID: 22440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harzgerode, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Albertine Mine
Hoffnung Gottes Mine
Schneckenberg Quarry
Stammrod Quarry

Latitude: 51°37'57"N
Longitude: 11°8'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.6325,11.136111111111
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 Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMilleriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Millerite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22962891632513419
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32962891632481089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296289263248,6325127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229628916324827198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22962891632489617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29628916324824243
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2962891632481066
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS296289163248767
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229628916324861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)296289263248,632496417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29628916324821482


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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