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

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

mindat Locality ID: 22441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Straßberg, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Frohe Zukunft Mine
Glasebach Mine
Herzog Shaft
Neuhaus Stolberg Mine
Rinder Shafts ("Frohe Zukunft Mine")

Latitude: 51°36'56"N
Longitude: 11°0'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.615555555556,11.012222222222

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Carminite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Lanthanite	Malachite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Devilline ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Langite ()*	Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*
Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pitticite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	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 Al As C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Mo Nd O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Carminite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Lanthanite Malachite
Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

43 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	296	289	1	63288	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	296	289	3	63284,63285,63288	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	296	289	3	63285,63286,63288	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	296	289	2	63286,63288	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	296	289	2	63285,63286	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	296	289	2	63284,63288	413
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	296	289	2	63285,63288	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	296	289	1	63287	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	3	63285,63286,63288	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	296	289	2	63284,63288	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	296	289	1	63288	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	3	63284,63285,63288	4979
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	296	289	1	63287	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	5	63284,63285,63286,63287,63288	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	296	289	1	63287	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	1	63288	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	296	289	1	63287	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	296	289	1	63287	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	296	289	2	63286,63287	366
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	296	289	3	63285,63286,63288	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	296	289	2	63285,63288	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	5	63284,63285,63286,63287,63288	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	2	63287,63288	7437
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	296	289	1	63287	593
Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Lanthanite	Ce₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	296	289	1	63287	16
Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Lanthanite	Nd₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	296	289	1	63287	10
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	296	289	4	63285,63286,63287,63288	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	296	289	1	63286	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	296	289	2	63284,63288	1107
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	296	289	1	63288	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	3	63285,63286,63288	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	296	289	2	63284,63288	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	296	289	1	63286	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	5	63284,63285,63286,63287,63288	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	296	289	1	63286	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	289	3	63285,63286,63288	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	296	289	1	63288	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	4	63284,63285,63286,63288	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	296	289	2	63284,63288	156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	296	289	1	63286	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	296	289	3	63285,63286,63288	5317
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	296	289	1	63287	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	296	289	1	63288	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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